Pierce v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

In 2005, a Cobb County jury convicted Baretta Harold Pierce of felony murder and other crimes arising out of the shaking death of her girlfriend’s four-month-old baby, Donte West (Donte). The trial court denied Pierce’s motion for new trial, and Pierce appealed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following. Pierce met Candis West, Donte’s mother, in early 2003 when West was three months pregnant with Donte. Pierce and West became romantically involved, and a month later, Pierce moved…