P. v. Cruz
Defendant Jason Cruz appeals from his judgment of conviction for second degree murder (Pen. Code,[1] 187, subd. (a) (count 1)); assault on a child resulting in death ( 273ab, subds. (a) and (b) (count 2)); child abuse ( 273a, subd.(a) (count 5)); and injury to a child ( 273d, subd. (a) (count 7)).[2] The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on October 20, 2004, while Cruz was babysitting his girlfriend's three children. After being left alone with Cruz for a few hours, the girlfriend's 10-month-old daughter was rushed to the hospital with severe head trauma. She died 11 days later, on October 31, 2004.
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