Woods v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Barron Woods was convicted of two counts of simple battery and received two consecutive twelve-month sentences. On appeal, he enumerates nine errors.

This case arose after Woods accused his fiancee of infidelity, choked her, and bit into her neck. The victim waited several days before calling the county’s victim witness assistance program director, who had helped her with a previous complaint against Woods. The victim then swore out an arrest warrant and obtained a temporary restraining order against Woods based on this incident and two other alleged batteries pending…