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Criminal Law keyed to Dripps
People v. Weisberg
Citation:
265 Cal.App.2d 476, 71 Cal. Rptr. 157.Facts
On April 19, 1966, seven-week old David died from a massive intercranial hemorrhage caused by two skull fractures. Neighbors and other acquaintances of the defendant testified that they observed bruising on infant David and his older sister, Sharon, on various occasions. The defendant told them that Sharon had broken her leg when it got caught in her crib and the bruising on David’s face was from bumping his head on the crib. An autopsy of David revealed rib cage fractures and a chip fracture in his leg as well. The medical examiner’s opinion was that the child could not have inflicted the injuries upon himself while in the crib.
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