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Title: State v. Sledd
Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
Release Date : January 17, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 53 KB

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The opinion of the court was delivered by Melvin M. Sledd, Jr., appeals his jury trial conviction of
involuntary manslaughter (K.S.A. 21-3404). The underlying facts are only peripherally involved in the
single issue raised on appeal. The factual summary will be
limited, accordingly, to facts that relate to the issue. The
victim was two-and-one-half-year-old Michael Emery, who resided
in Topeka with his mother, younger brother, and the defendant,
who was the mother's boyfriend. On July 5, 1989, Medevac
personnel responded to an emergency call. Michael was not
breathing when Medevac arrived. He was pronounced dead shortly
thereafter. The conclusion at the autopsy was that the child had
been repeatedly struck in the abdominal area approximately 24
hours before his death. Numerous bruises were noticed on various
parts of his body. It was the State's theory that the child had
been beaten by the defendant, said beating having resulted in the
child's death. Defendant was charged with first-degree murder but
convicted of the lesser included offense of involuntary
manslaughter.