Canada v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

Appeal is taken from a conviction for injury to a child. The trial was before a judge. Punishment was assessed at twenty years.

Canada’s former wife, Julia Annette Reed, testified that she saw Canada grab the leg of Rebecca Dawn Reed, her daughter who was then three years of age, just below the knee and twist it with both hands until she heard a “pop”. The leg was broken. She further testified that Canada had earlier blackened the child’s eye by hitting her with a belt.

Canada testified that he had fallen on the victim as he attempted to catch her when she fell off the…