Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On December 6, 2002, the defendant and his girlfriend, Sharelle Johnson, brought Johnson's 2½-year-old son, Maurice, to the emergency room at Mount Vernon Hospital. The child was nonresponsive, and examination revealed extensive bruising all over his body. The child died during the night. The defendant was taken into custody and admitted that he had hit the child over the course of several weeks in order to discipline him...
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