GREEN v. STATE

No. S96A0385.

468 S.E.2d 365 (1996)

266 Ga. 550

GREEN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Rose, Jr., Ratcliffe, Smith & Rose, P.C., Hinesville, for Walter Craig Green.

Dupont K. Cheney, Dist. Atty., Atlantic Judicial Circuit, Hinesville, Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Atlantic, Paula K. Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Atlantic, Beth Attaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

J. Thomas Durden, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlantic Judicial Circuit, Hinesville.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

We affirm appellant Walter Green's conviction for the felony murder of a one-year-old child left in his care.1 The underlying felony is cruelty to children. OCGA § 16-5-70(b).

The State presented evidence that appellant shared his mobile home with a woman and her one-year-old and three-year-old daughters. On December 4, 1993, the woman left the children in Green's care. Approximately three hours later...

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