Raymond Anthony Harvey v. State Alaska

The case arises out of the tragic death of 18 month old Curtis Carlson. At the time of his death, Curtis was living with Leeoma Carlson, his mother, and Tony Harvey, the appellant here. On the evening of July 24, 1977, Harvey spanked Curtis numerous times on his buttocks and lower body because he would not drink his milk. The next morning, Curtis was again spanked for refusing to drink some juice. During this spanking Curtis went into convulsions. Harvey picked him up by the arms and began to shake him, whereupon Curtis became limp. In attempting to revive the child, Harvey applied ice to his face, and gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. When Curits breathing became lower, Harvey told Leeoma to call the paramedics. Curtis was taken to the hospital where the examining physician detected hemorrhaging of the brain and right eye, healing fractured ribs and extensive bruises on the lower back, buttocks and anus. Curtis died later that day. An autopsy indicated that his death resulted from injuries to the brain and head, caused by some sort of blunt force injury to the head.