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TURNER v. STATE

41684.

253 Ga. 762 (1985)

325 S.E.2d 149

TURNER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek H. Jones, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

Turner and Clark were convicted of cruelty to children and felony murder as a result of the death by beating of Turner's four-year-old daughter. Each was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, and to a term of twenty years for cruelty to children. Turner appeals.1

1. The state concedes that Turner "may not be convicted of felony murder and also be convicted of the underlying felony [cruelty to children] which...

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