Vasquez v. the State.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Vasquez's convictions and sentences, holding that the evidence supported the child-cruelty and concealment convictions and that the statute of limitation was tolled while Vasquez was outside Georgia and unavailable for arrest. The court found no reversible plain error in the jury instructions, concluding that one instruction caused no prejudice and that the accomplice-corroboration issue was affirmatively waived as a deliberate defense strategy. The court also rejected Vasquez's ineffective-assistance claims and held that the child-cruelty convictions did not merge with malice murder.