Melancon v. State

319 Ga. 741

FINAL COPY S23G1128. MELANCON v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Appellant Sidrick Raymone Melancon, Sr., was convicted of second-degree murder after his ex-girlfriend Sadai Higgenbotham inflicted fatal head trauma on their nine-month-old daughter, Laura Higgenbotham. Although Melancon was not present when Hig- genbotham killed Laura, he had earlier told his girlfriend, Gerallyn Long, not to cooperate with a Division of Family and Children Ser- vices (DFCS) investigation of Higgenbotham that Long had initiated after seeing a bruise and fingernail mark on Laura’s cheek. One of the…