JOYNER v. STATE

39753.

251 Ga. 84 (1983)

303 S.E.2d 106

JOYNER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills & Chasteen, Ben B. Mills, Jr., for appellant.

Gary C. Christy, District Attorney, Richard E. Thomas, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Virginia H. Jeffries, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


WELTNER, Justice.

Diane Joyner was convicted of felony murder in the death by starvation of her daughter, Margo Joyner, who was seven weeks old.

1. We have reviewed the evidence in the case, and find that it was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find every element of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307 (99 S.C. 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

2. The photographs of the child...

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