Byrer v. State

Hunt, Justice.

Christopher D. Byrer was convicted by a Richmond County jury of felony murder and cruelty to children for the September 25, 1988, killing of his four-month-old son, Richard. The cruelty to children conviction was merged as a lesser-included offense and the defendant sentenced to life in prison. He appeals raising the failure of the trial court to grant his request for a continuance and to charge the jury on involuntary manslaughter. We affirm.

The defendant, a heat and air-conditioning mechanic, was caring for the infant victim while the victim’s mother, a medical student at the…