State v. Toliver

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J.,

delivered the opinion of the court,

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ.,

joined.

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., filed a concurring opinion; and E. RILEY ANDERSON, J„

filed a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

The defendant was convicted of two counts of aggravated child abuse. The trial court imposed a nine-year sentence for each conviction and ordered concurrent service of these sentences. The defendant appealed, raising numerous issues, but the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences. We granted the defendant’s application for permission…