McCracken v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was tried before a jury and convicted of battery and obstruction of an officer. The evidence adduced at trial, stated in a light most favorable to sustaining the jury’s verdicts, reveal that these offenses stem from a domestic dispute between defendant and his former girl friend, the victim. The quarrel began at an apartment defendant and the victim shared and got violent after the victim threw a bowl of chili on defendant. Defendant followed the victim through the apartment after this incident, ultimately striking her in the face with his “closed fist.”…