Hendricks v. State

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Sam Hendricks appeals his conviction of battery, a Class D felony.

We affirm.

Christopher Hendricks, the defendant's four-week-old infant, had been fussy for a period of about two days. On the evening of May 18, 1987, Hendricks cared for the child while his wife Vanessa prepared the evening meal. Hendricks lost his temper and struck the child causing bruises on the child's back and buttocks. He also applied pressure to the baby's legs such that the infant suffered a transverse fracture to his left femur.

I

Hendricks argues that by curtailing cross-examination of his wife Vanessa…