Gatson v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of cruelty to her 22-month-old child in violation of OCGA § 16-5-70 (b). She appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. The record shows that the victim had second-degree burns which, in the expert medical opinion of her attending physician, demonstrated that she had been dipped into hot water. Appellant gave two conflicting stories as to how the victim had received these burns. The physician testified that neither version was consistent *280with the victim’s…