Atterberry v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PARKS, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, Clarence H. “Bud” Atter-berry, was convicted of Child Abuse in the District Court of Washington County, Case No. CRF-83-95. The appellant was sentenced to three (3) years imprisonment and a fine of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). We reverse and remand for new trial.
I
In his first assignment of error, the appellant contends that the charge of “child abuse” was improperly defined at trial to include the infliction of emotional injury. We find considerable merit to this proposition.
Title 21 O.S. 1981, § 843, provides as follows:
Any parent or other…
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