Tigue v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

The appellant, Barbara Janelle Tigue, was convicted of first degree battery for burning the hands of her fiance’s five-year-old daughter, Tasmine Wehunt. She received a sentence of 18 years and a fine of $10,000 and appeals the judgment of conviction on grounds that the circumstances of the injury did not manifest extreme indifference to human life as required for a conviction of first degree battery. Her precise point on appeal is that the trial judge should have dismissed the first degree battery charge based on the proof presented. We agree and modify the judgment…