Ryals v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Earl Douglas Ryals was convicted of the offense of cruelty to a child, and he filed this appeal.

At trial, the mother of the two and one-half year old victim, her son, Quinton, testified that they spent the night of January 8, 1988, with appellant, with whom she had a romantic relationship. Appellant took her to work the next morning shortly after 7:00 a.m., and she left her son, who was healthy at the time, in appellant’s care. Appellant testified that he dressed and fed Quinton, but when Quinton vomited twice appellant “react[ed] emotionally” and struck the child three times…