State v. Hicks

AMY, Judge.

_JjThe defendant was convicted of second degree battery and sentenced to five years imprisonment at hard labor. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his conviction. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

The defendant, Walter James Hicks, Jr., was charged by bill of information with second degree battery, after he was involved in a physical altercation with another man, John Eckel. At the time of the altercation, both men were inmates at the Jefferson Davis Parish Jail. As a result of the fight, Mr. Eckel was taken by…