SMITH v. STATE

Nos. S11A1934, S11A1935.

721 S.E.2d 892 (2012)

290 Ga. 428

SMITH v. The STATE. Mack v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 23, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maryellen Simmons , Jennifer Adair Trieshmann , Carrollton, for appellants (case no. S11A1934).

Walker L. Chandler , Fayetteville, for appellant (case no. S11A1935).

Kevin Thomas McMurry , Asst. Dist. Atty., Peter J. Skandalakis , District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Atty. Gen., Katherine Ruth Thrower , Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BENHAM, Justice.

Makayla Mack was 30 months old when she died as a result of blunt-force head trauma and strangulation. Both appellant Thomasina Beverly Mack, Makayla's mother, and appellant Demario Steven Smith, appellant Mack's boyfriend at the time the child died, were with the child during the time period within which the fatal injuries were believed to have been inflicted. In a joint trial, appellants were convicted of and sentenced to life imprisonment for the...

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