Remine v. State

Judge Arnold Shulman.

The appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty on an indictment charging that he had committed the offense of cruelty to children by maliciously causing his then seven-year-old son “cruel and excessive physical and mental pain.” See OCGA § 16-5-70 (b). He •brings this appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial.

The evidence established without dispute that after causing the child to be awakened and brought before him on the night in question, the appellant beat him with a metal studded belt for a period of 15 to 20 minutes as punishment for perceived…