Ferguson v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

Melissa Hamilton Ferguson was indicted for felony murder, cruelty to children in the first degree, and concealing the death of another. She pled guilty to concealing the death of another and proceeded to trial on the remaining charges. Ferguson was convicted of cruelty to children and acquitted of felony murder by a Decatur County jury. She was sentenced to ten years to serve on the cruelty and concealment counts, to run concurrent. On appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court’s failure to charge on reckless conduct. We affirm.

On appeal from a…