Legal Opinion
Robles v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 26, 2003No. S03A0582PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hines, Justice.
Karla Angelica Robles appeals her convictions for felony murder and cruelty to a child in connection with the death of her son, Jovanny Fernandez, asserting numerous errors below. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that at 9:15 p.m., March 22, 2001, Robles dialed 911 to report that her two-year-old son, Jovanny Fernandez, had been burned in the bathtub. The 911 operator instructed her to put cool water on the bums, but Robles questioned this advice. About a minute and a half into the conversation, Robles admitted that…
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