Brandon v. State

The appellant, Michael Brandon, was convicted of child abuse, a violation of § 26-15-3, Code of Alabama 1975. The trial court sentenced the appellant to four years in the State penitentiary and subsequently ordered him to serve eight months, with the remainder of the sentence suspended upon five years' probation.

The evidence tended to show that Michael Brandon used a handheld dryer to inflict second and third degree burns on his three-month old daughter, Jessica Brandon. The State's witness, Dr. Charles Hunter, a Mobile pediatrician, treated the infant for burns which covered roughly six…