Breeden v. State

Ernie E. Wright, Chief Judge.

The appellant Gaylon Hardy Breeden was charged by information in the Faulkner Circuit Court with second degree battery for violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1602 (Repl. 1977) by feloniously causing physical injury to a law enforcement officer, Ronnie Joe Fowlkes, with the purpose of preventing him from acting in the line of duty. A jury trial resulted in his conviction for the lesser included offense of third degree battery, a Class A misdemeanor under § 41-1603, and a nine months jail sentence was imposed.

He appeals from the judgment asserting for reversal four…