State v. Loss

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• noting that Battered Child Syndrome was a medical diagnosis first recognized in the late 1950s and early 1960s
• upholding a first-degree manslaughter conviction based entirely on circumstantial evidence, and noting the improbability that the injuries could have been suffered by a 2-foot fall, as claimed by the defense
• allowing evidence of battered child syndrome to show intent by circumstantial evidence
• reasonable inference of battering parent, based on battered child syndrome, enough with circumstantial evidence to prove first degree manslaughter
• defendant's exclusive control, prior abuse, medical testimony that death was not accidental, and battered child syndrome are sufficient to exclude rational hypothesis of innocence
• reasonable inference of battering parent, based on battered child syndrome, enough with circumstantial evidence to prove first degree manslaughter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).