Garrett v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

After a jury trial, Morgan James Garrett was convicted of four counts of cruelty to children in the first degree (Counts 1, 3, 4, and 5), aggravated battery (Count 2), and family violence battery (Count 6). Garrett received an aggregate sentence of 80 years, with 40 to serve.1 On appeal, Garrett argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for cruelty to children and aggravated battery. We affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that in December 2007, Garrett moved from Florida to Cartersville, with Amanda May, his girlfriend, and her…