Hooper v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant and his wife were indicted and tried for the offense of cruelty to children in connection with the death of defendant’s stepchild (20 months of age), the co-defendant wife’s natural child. Defendant was convicted and the co-defendant wife was acquitted. Defendant’s motion for directed verdict of acquittal had been denied and his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was also denied. He filed a motion for new trial on the alternative grounds of insufficiency of the evidence and newly discovered evidence. The trial court denied the motion on the…