Payne v. State

John E. Jennings, Judge.

Bruce Payne was convicted of the first degree battery of Tiffany Bailey and of failure to appear. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on the battery charge and 10 years on the failure to appear charge. The trial court ran the sentences concurrently.

On appeal, Payne argues that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. We disagree and affirm.

Bruce Payne was the live-in boyfriend of Shelly Bailey. They lived in Waldron with Ms. Bailey’s 11-month-old daughter, Tiffany.

On August 18, 1984, Payne and Bailey brought Tiffany to the office of…