Strickland v. State

Smith, Judge.

Christopher L. Strickland and his wife were convicted of cruelty to children, for depriving Strickland’s four-year-old illegitimate son of necessary sustenance and for maliciously causing him excessive physical pain. OCGA § 16-5-70 (a), (b). Christopher Strickland alone appeals.

1. Strickland enumerates as error the failure of the trial court to direct a verdict in his favor on Count 1 of the indictment. The evidence at trial showed that a Department of Family & Children Services (DFACS) caseworker observed the child in his original foster home, and testified that he was a…