State v. Taylor

LARSON, Justice.

Anthony Dawayne Taylor was convicted, in a jury-waived trial, of voluntary manslaughter in the death of the eight-month-old child of Taylor’s fiancee. He has appealed, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. We affirm.

The victim, who had been left in Taylor’s care, died as a result of injuries which the court found had been caused by Taylor. The district court found that the State has established by evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that defendant had “grabbed” the child victim by the arms and shaken him back and forth violently, resulting in…