Barnes v. State

Melvin Mayfield, Chief Judge.

Darrell Barnes was found guilty of battery in the second degree and was sentenced to three years in the Department of Correction. Gary Foster, a codefendant, was found not guilty.

The evidence, viewed in support of the verdict, can be summarized as follows:

Barnes and Foster were involved in an altercation at a nightclub outside Trumann, Arkansas, during the early morning hours of April 5, 1980. Barnes had been in a fight inside the club which the club manager had broken up by hitting Barnes with a “regular night stick.” The manager and the bouncer then ejected…