State v. Goblirsch

Rogosheske, Justice.

Defendant appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter in the. first degree, Minn. St. 609.20(2), in the death of his 2-month-old daughter and from the denial of his post-trial motions. He principally asserts that (1) there was insufficient evidence to support the jury’s implicit finding that he intentionally assaulted this infant and caused her death; (2) the permitted use of the phrase “battered child syndrome” was prejudicial error; and (3) the trial court erred in refusing to admit polygraph evidence secured and…