Peters v. State

Fletcher, Justice.

The defendant, Arthur James Peters, was convicted of the felony murder of nine-year-old Tonya Holsey while in the commission of an aggravated assault and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also convicted of the offenses of cruelty to child, child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and concealing the death of another, for which he was sentenced to terms of years.

The defendant had lived with the victim’s sister, Andria Holsey, for approximately two years. The victim and another sister lived with them for part of this time. One month before the victim’s…