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PIERCE v. STATE

No. S09A0663.

686 S.E.2d 656 (2009)

PIERCE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack J. Menendez, Marietta, for appellant.

Patrick H. Head, Dist. Atty., Amelia G. Pray, Dana J. Norman, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Reggie A. Lampkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

In 2005, a Cobb County jury convicted Baretta Harold Pierce of felony murder and other crimes arising out of the shaking death of her girlfriend's four-month-old baby, Donte West (Donte). The trial court denied Pierce's motion for new trial, and Pierce appealed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

1. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. Pierce met...

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