People v. Pettway

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of *945Ulster County (Bruhn, J.), rendered January 24, 2005, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of murder in the second degree, assault in the second degree and endangering the welfare of a child.

On September 24, 2003, defendant’s nine-week-old son was pronounced dead shortly after being brought to the hospital in an unconscious state with blood running from his nose. A postmortem examination revealed numerous bruises and abrasions, all of recent origin, on the child’s face, left elbow, and lips. Also noted was a patterned injury…