State v. Thomas

Brazil, C.J.:

Nathaniel D. Thomas appeals his convictions of injury to a pregnant woman, aggravated battery, and criminal threat. He argues ineffective assistance of counsel, multiplicitous charges, and prosecutorial misconduct.

C.B., the victim, testified that Nathaniel Thomas called her around 12:45 a.m. on May 21, 1997. C.B. then proceeded to Thomas’ house, picked him up around 1:15 a.m., and drove out to the lake. C.B. was 5% months pregnant with Thomas’ baby. Thomas did not want the baby and wanted her to have an abortion. Thomas repeatedly struck, hit, and kicked her about the abdominal…