Townsend v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Townsend was convicted in the Superior Court of Baldwin County of simple battery. In addition to the general grounds, appellant contends the trial court erred (1) by admitting opinion evidence; (2) by refusing to admit evidence relating to a pending civil suit for damages filed by the victim against appellant; (3) by denying appellant’s motion to quash the indictment; (4) by sentencing appellant to 12 months confinement when the indictment was insufficient to allege the offense of simple battery; and (5) by not charging the jury on the defense of justification when it returned…