Harrison v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

On October 2, 1998, defendant Kimberly Harrison and her husband, defendant Jerry Lee Harrison, were tried and convicted of simple battery1 in a joint, non-jury trial. They both challenge their convictions, raising identical enumerations of error. We reverse both convictions.

The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict,2 are as follows: Bainbridge City Police Officer Patrick Henry Thomas testified that he was called to the defendants’ home on July 18, 1998. Ms. Harrison and her father, as well as Mr. Harrison and his mother, were present; the defendants’ children…