Staymate v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Cheryl Elizabeth Staymate appeals her conviction of the murder of her son, 23 months old, her sentence of life imprisonment, and the denial of her motion for new trial.

1. The appellant asserts that the evidence, which was circumstantial, was insufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except her guilt.

In Harris v. State, 236 Ga. 242, 245 (223 SE2d 643) (1976) this court approved the rule that: "Questions as to reasonableness are generally to be decided by the jury which heard the evidence, and where the jury is authorized to find that the evidence, though…