Legal Opinion
Strickland v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 24, 1994No. A93A2241PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
Elizabeth Strickland and her husband, Christopher Strickland, were convicted of cruelty to children for depriving Mr. Strickland’s four-year-old illegitimate son of necessary sustenance and maliciously causing him excessive physical pain. OCGA § 16-5-70 (a) and (b). Elizabeth Strickland appeals.
1. Strickland enumerates as error the failure of the trial court to direct a verdict in her favor on Count 2 of the indictment. The facts of the case are set forth in her husband’s earlier appeal. Strickland v. State, 211 Ga. App. 48 (438 SE2d 161) (1993). With respect to Strickland, the…
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