Turner v. State

Weltner, Justice.

Turner and Clark were convicted of cruelty to children and felony murder as a result of the death by beating of Turner’s four-year-old daughter. Each was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, and to a term of twenty years for cruelty to children. Turner appeals.1

1. The state concedes that Turner “may not be convicted of felony murder and also be convicted of the underlying felony [cruelty to children] which supports the conviction of felony murder.” Bolton v. State, 253 Ga. 116, 117 (318 SE2d 138) (1984). The conviction for cruelty to children is therefore vacated.…