Dudley v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant appeals his three convictions of cruelty to children, OCGA § 16-5-70.

1. One of the counts of cruelty was that defendant used scalding water to cause burns to the body of a named child, who was then eight months old. When the State sought to introduce 12 photographs depicting injuries suffered by the child defendant objected on the grounds that the pictures were repetitive because there had already been evidence from the presence of the child in court and testimony as to the injuries the child suffered by the doctor who treated the victim. The State argued that the…