Robinson v. State

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

Appellant was convicted of felony murder in the death of Tevya Manson, the five-year-old daughter of his common-law wife Judy Jones. He was found not guilty of malice murder, not guilty of cruelty to children, and guilty of concealing the death of another person. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for felony murder and to a twelve-month concurrent sentence for concealing the death of another person.

The evidence showed that on Easter Sunday morning, April 7. 1985, appellant, a paraplegic, and Judy Jones beat the child to death. The mother, following futile attempts…