Gadsden v. State

Henry Gadsden Jr. appeals the sentencing order entered by the Pulaski County Circuit Court convicting him of first-degree battery and sentencing him to serve ten years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, Gadsden argues that evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the circuit court abused its discretion in admitting the testimony of Cynthia Field. We affirm.

At Gadsden's bench trial, Jimmia Green testified that on March 13, 2017, she was at school while Gadsden (her boyfriend) was at her home with her four-month-old daughter, RG1, and his one-year-old…