State v. Morgan

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] On the morning of January 26, 2011, Casey Morgan was caring for K.N., the daughter of his fiancée, Mary Lindley, and D.M., the son of Morgan and Lindley. K.N. and D.M. were arguing over a book that K.N. was assigned to read as homework. Morgan heard the children arguing and grabbed K.N., forcefully squeezed and held her face, and yelled at her. Then Morgan took K.N. to school. At school, K.N. was crying and explained to her teacher why she was upset. Later in the morning, bruising developed on KN.’s face and her teacher reported the incident to the school principal.…