HAMILTON v. STATE

S20A0483.

843 S.E.2d 840 (2020)

HAMILTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin David Goldberg , The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC, P.O. Box 427, Mableton, Georgia 30126, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Daniel J. Porter , District Attorney, Lee Franklin Tittsworth , A.D.A., Daniel Sanmiguel , A.D.A., Robby Alexander King , A.D.A., Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, Attorneys for the Appellee.


At a 2018 jury trial, Rodney Hamilton was convicted of felony murder based upon aggravated battery, arising out of the death of his three-year-old adopted daughter, Tamia. He appeals, asserting insufficiency of the evidence and error in the admission of expert testimony from Dr. Mary Case regarding Tamia's brain injury. For the reasons...

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