Carroll v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Carroll was convicted of the offense of cruelty to children in that she maliciously caused excessive physical pain by breaking the victim’s leg. This appeal is taken from the denial of defendant’s motion for new trial. Held:

1. Defendant’s first enumeration of error raises an issue as to whether the evidence is sufficient to authorize her conviction. Viewed in a light to support the verdict, the evidence shows that at the time of the events which led to her conviction defendant was caring for the victim, the three-year-old son of her boyfriend, with whom she…