Spencer v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellant Danny Spencer was convicted by a jury of battery in the third degree. He was sentenced to one year in jail and fined $1,000.

The charge against appellant involved his girl friend’s two- and-a-half-year-old daughter, Nikki, and arose after a babysitter noticed what appeared to be bite marks on the child’s buttocks, and pinch marks and apparent fingerprints on the child’s face. Upon being questioned, the child said that Danny had bitten and hurt her. The babysitter contacted SCAN and an investigation by the Barling Police Department ensued.

Appellant’s sole…