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STAYMATE v. STATE

31500.

237 Ga. 661 (1976)

229 S.E.2d 421

STAYMATE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Lanneau, III, for appellant.

Fred M. Hasty, District Attorney, Walker P. Johnson, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, John W. Dunsmore, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

JORDAN, Justice.

Cheryl Elizabeth Staymate appeals her conviction of the murder of her son, 23 months old, her sentence of life imprisonment, and the denial of her motion for new trial.

1. The appellant asserts that the evidence, which was circumstantial, was insufficient to exclude every other reasonable hypothesis except her guilt.

In Harris v. State, 236 Ga. 242, 245 (223 S.E.2d 643

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