Allen v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of battery against the victim, his common-law wife. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the verdict, raising as his sole enumeration of error the sufficiency of the evidence.

The evidence adduced at trial reveals that defendant, a physician, and his wife had an argument in their bedroom. Defendant struck his wife in the head with his fist and then began kicking her in the head and face. He chased his wife out of the house and locked her out. Officer Perry responded to the domestic violence call and when he arrived,…