Shuler v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant was indicted for twenty-one counts of simple battery, OCGA § 16-5-23, and one count of cruelty to children, OCGA § 16-5-70 (b). He was convicted only of the misdemeanor offense of the use of fighting words, OCGA § 16-11-39 (1). The charges stem from alleged incidents occurring between defendant school teacher and seventh-grade students. The cruelty to children charge was that defendant caused mental pain to a male student, in front of the class, when the student asked a math question and defendant told him to go to the bathroom and beat off.

The student testified that…