Meja v. State

Johnson, Judge.

A jury found Josiah Meja a/k/a Josiah Mega guilty of four counts of simple battery, two counts of battery, and one count of family violence battery against Bernadine Ikwuakam. We affirm.

Ikwuakam, her three children, and her mother lived with Meja. Meja was the father of one of the children, and held himself out as and acted as the father of Ikwuakam’s two children from a previous marriage.

On December 14, 1996, Meja became angry with Ikwuakam and told her she needed to take her older children and go find their father. Out of concern for her safety, Ikwuakam went to her sister’s…