[DOWNLOAD] "State v. Altum" by Supreme Court of Kansas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State v. Altum
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 11, 1997
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by Vincent Altum appeals his conviction by a jury of one count of felony murder. The underlying felony count, abuse of a child, was dismissed by the district court following trial. Altum was sentenced to life imprisonment. The defendant, Vincent Altum, lived with Toni Lynne Phipps and her 14-month-old son, Dylan Cox. When Phipps was at work, Altum, who was unemployed, watched Dylan. Phipps testified that when she arrived home from working the lunch shift on November 1, Dylan was asleep. Altum was in the living room of their apartment playing with his radio-controlled cars. After awhile Phipps heard Dylan moaning. When he was picked up, his neck was limp but his body was stiff and ""he was moving his arms and legs like he was riding a bicycle."" Phipps testified that she immediately wanted to take Dylan to the hospital, but that Altum resisted on the ground that Dylan's bruises might raise a suspicion of child abuse. At Altum's direction, Phipps went instead to the store for