Owens v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

Ronnie Owens appeals his convictions of two counts of cruelty to children and one count of simple battery. The first cruelty-to-children charge involved the appellant’s 9-month-old son, Christopher, and the second his 2-year-old step-daughter, Felicia. The simple battery charge involved the children’s mother, whose name at the time of the alleged offenses was Carolyn Bowdry but who married the appellant prior to trial and became known as Carolyn Owens.

Count 1 of the indictment alleged that the appellant had maliciously caused Christopher excessive physical pain by “throwing…