Allen v. State

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

Derrick L. Allen was convicted in a bench trial of second-degree battery and resisting arrest, stemming from an altercation that he had with North Little Rock police officers. For the felony battery offense, he received three years’ probation and 120 days in the Pulaski County Jail, to run concurrent with a nine-month sentence imposed by the trial court for the misdemeanor resisting-arrest offense. Allen’s sole point on appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his second-degree battery conviction. We agree, and affirm as modified.

On the evening of…