Legal Opinion
Boyce v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 23, 1991No. A90A1693PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Boyce appeals her convictions for two counts of cruelty to children, OCGA § 16-5-70 (b). She was found guilty of shooting her not quite two-year-old son in the face and shoulder with a .38 caliber semi-automatic pistol and of unlawfully and maliciously causing her four-year-old daughter cruel and excessive mental pain by blaming the shooting on the little girl.
1. Appellant contends that she was entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal on the charge of cruelty to her daughter because there was no evidence of cruel and excessive mental pain to the child, or of appellant as the…
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