Reams v. State

Judith Rogers, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of battery in the first degree and permitting abuse of a child. She was sentenced to twenty years on the battery charge and ten years for permitting abuse of a child, each sentence to run concurrently. On appeal, appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient with regard to both convictions. We disagree and affirm.

On October 27, 1991, appellant and Dan Hamblen took their five-week-old son to the emergency room at Methodist Hospital in Jonesboro. It was discovered that the child had two broken legs, bruises covering the palms of his…