Linn v. State

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Appellant Kevin Linn was convicted of second-degree battery and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. On appeal, Linn argues (1) that the trial court erred in declining to direct a verdict because the State did not prove physical injury associated with physical trauma, and (2) that he should be granted a new trial because he was denied adequate assistance of counsel in his first trial. We affirm.

The victim, Deputy Sheriff McKinley Scott, testified at trial that on February 15, 2001, he worked in the U-Unit of the Pulaski County Jail and was responsible for Linn’s…