Mathis v. State

HINES, Justice.

Jamall DeCarlos Mathis appeals his convictions and sentences for felony murder, aggravated battery, cruelty to a child, and battery, all in connection with the death of his infant son, Ja’Mari Myckahi Jones. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.1

Construed to support the verdicts, the evidence showed that Ja’Mari was born March 26, 2008, when Mathis was 18 years old. During the pregnancy of the mother, Tiasha Jones, Mathis provided no financial or other support to her, he threatened to have someone punch Tiasha in the stomach, and, when she was six months pregnant, he threw a…