Freeman v. State

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Tina Freeman was convicted of child cruelty for causing her son, L. A., cruel and excessive pain by failing to seek medical attention for the child and instructing him to conceal the cause of his injuries. She appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and alleging that the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence. We affirm, for reasons that follow.

Viewed in a light favorable to the verdict, 1 the evidence shows that in August 2001, middle school counselor Kay Clark and campus police officer Mike Young observed several circular…