Johnson v. State

Melton, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Frederick Darnell Johnson appeals his convictions for felony murder and cruelty to children, arguing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred by not recharging the jury on the affirmative defenses of accident and reasonable discipline of a minor. We affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that, in the early morning hours of July 3, 2003, Johnson picked up 21-month-old Jeannetta Denise Adams, shook her, and slammed her head into a wall. At the time, Johnson was living with the…