People v. Van Der Sluys

Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him, after a bench trial, of murder in the second degree, for the death of his three-month-old daughter, Heather. He argues on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, contending that he was convicted solely on the basis of his confession, in violation of CPL 60.50. We disagree. Dr. Linda Norton, a pathologist who had conducted thousands of autopsies, many involving sudden infant deaths, testified that this death was caused by intentional smothering and not by sudden infant…