Graham v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Erica Lashae Graham was indicted for four counts of felony murder, two counts of cruelty to children, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and making false statements to the police after her three-month-old baby died while in her care. A jury convicted her of four counts of voluntary manslaughter instead of felony murder and of all the remaining charges. The trial court merged the violent offenses into one voluntary manslaughter conviction and sentenced Graham to serve twenty years in prison, followed by five years in prison on the charge of making false statements.…