Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 31, 1994No. S93A1473PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
John William Jones was convicted of felony murder, cruelty to children, and aggravated battery in the death of his son, Jonathan Jones, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals and we affirm.
On November 2, 1988, John William Jones brought his three-month-old son into the Perry Hospital emergency room. Jones told the nurse that he had fed the baby some milk and then dropped the baby on the floor. The baby was not breathing and his skin had a bluish color. Dr. Larry Stewart, the child’s pediatrician administered CPR and other emergency measures. He noted that…
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