Lee v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Pernell Lee guilty of four counts of aggravated battery and one count of cruelty to children in the first degree. In his sole enumeration of error, Lee contends the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We find that the jury was authorized to reject Lee’s defense and to determine that Lee maliciously and intentionally immersed his girlfriend’s 17-month-old baby in hot water after she soiled her diaper. We affirm Lee’s conviction.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to support the jury’s…