State v. Hix

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

The appellants, a husband and wife, appeal as of right their convictions for assault and battery and child abuse, T.C.A. § 39-4-401. The jury fixed their punishment at confinement for one year on the assault and battery offense and eleven months and twenty-nine days on the child abuse charge.

The appellants question the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain their convictions; this issue will be evaluated first. The appellants, Timmy and Judy Hix, resided in Macon County with their son, who was six weeks old at the time of the events from which this prosecution arose. On or…