Gonzales v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Robert Gonzales challenged his convictions for aggravated battery and felony murder, predicated on cruelty to children in the first degree, in connection with the death of three-year-old Samuel Carroll, the son of Appellant’s girlfriend Jocelyn Carroll. Appellant contended the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions. After review, the Georgia Supreme Court concluded that the evidence presented at trial was legally sufficient to support Appellant’s convictions as a matter of constitutional due process. However, the Court vacated Appellant’s sentence for aggravated battery because this count should have merged with the felony murder conviction under these particular facts.
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