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CARTER v. STATE

S90A0779.

260 Ga. 575 (1990)

398 S.E.2d 21

CARTER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox & Knox, Robert E. Knox, W. Bryant Swan, Jr., for appellant.

Dennis C. Sanders, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Leonora Grant, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

John McDaniel Carter was convicted of felony murder, the underlying felony being cruelty to children. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.1 The victim was Carter's two-month-old son, who died from multiple injuries received when his body was struck against a wall.

1. The state's theory of the case was that Carter deliberately and maliciously struck his child's head against a wall during a heated argument with...

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