Nelson v. State

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This criminal appeal involves a battery charge brought against the appellant after he beat his wife. The incident occurred on August 10,1983, when appellant threatened his wife by brandishing a pistol in her face, and later that night beat her unmercifully. After the beating, appellant first was arrested for public intoxication and then a second degree battery charge was apparently added. That battery charge was apparently reduced since the record shows a third degree battery charge was nolle pressed on January 4,1984, when appellant was charged in circuit court with first…