State v. Morgan

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

Defendant Robert Morgan appeals, on various grounds, his jury conviction for manslaughter, a second degree felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-205 (1990). We affirm.

FACTS

We state the facts in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. State v. Hamilton, 827 P.2d 232, 233-34 (Utah 1992). Defendant’s daughter, Ashlee, was three and a half months old when she bled to death from internal injuries on September 10, 1990. According to the medical examiner, one or two severely inflicted blows to the child’s abdomen caused a substantial laceration of her liver, as…