Gore v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Billy Joe Gore and his live-in girlfriend Chianti Walton were both convicted of child cruelty arising out of their failing (for over a week) to seek medical treatment for Walton’s 15-month-old daughter who was suffering from second and third degree burns caused by scalding water. In Case No. A06A0646, Gore appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. In Case No. A06A0647, Walton appeals, also challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and further claiming that the trial court erred in…