Copeland v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Carlos Copeland guilty of two counts of cruelty to children in connection with the malnourishment of his live-in girlfriend’s two-year-old twins. He appeals from the convictions entered on the verdict, challenging the court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal based on the sufficiency of the evidence, the court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict or mistrial for alleged prosecutorial misconduct regarding photographic evidence, the court’s denial of his motion for a mistrial based on an allegedly prejudicial remark made by…