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Kelcey E. Jones was tried by a Twiggs County jury and convicted of the murder of his four-year-old son, Joshua, and cruelty to a child in the first degree. Jones appeals, contending that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress certain statements that he made to law enforcement officers, that he was denied a fair trial by the late production of an audio recording, that the trial court erred when it excluded certain testimony and evidence, that the testimony of a witness for the State was improperly bolstered at trial, and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Upon our review of the record and briefs, it appears that the trial court erred at sentencing when it failed to merge the cruelty to a child with the murder, and we must, therefore, vacate the conviction and sentence for cruelty to a child in the first degree. We find no other error, however, and we otherwise affirm the judgment below.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that on September 14, 2003, Jones and his girlfriend, Vontrika Willis, took Joshua to a hospital after Joshua fell on an ant hill and suffered several ant bites, to which he had an allergic reaction. After leaving the hospital, they went to a pharmacy to have a prescription filled for Joshua. The pharmacy, however, was about to close, and so they left without the prescribed medication, returning to Willis’s home for the night. The next morning, Willis urged Jones to return to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine for Joshua, and Willis and Jones apparently argued. Jones eventually left for the pharmacy, but before he did, he went into Joshua’s room, closed the door, and remained with Joshua for three or four minutes. During that time, Willis heard Jones strike Joshua, and she believed then that Jones was attempting to discipline Joshua.

 
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