GOMEZ v. STATE

S17A0265 S17A0266.

801 S.E.2d 847 (2017)

GOMEZ v. The STATE. Huitron v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Edward Bischoff , Fayetteville Office of the Public Defender, 175 Johnson Avenue, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214, for Appellant in S17A0265.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Harold R Banke Justice Center, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellee in S17A0265 and S17A0266.

John Walter Kraus , Office of the Public Defender, 146 N. McDonough Street, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellant in S17A0266.


Appellants Margarita Gomez and Alejandro Martinez Huitron challenge their convictions for felony murder and other crimes related to injuries to and the resulting death of their three-year-old daughter, Esmerelda. We vacate three of each Appellant's convictions (Counts 4, 11, and 16) to correct sentencing errors, but we reject Appellants...

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