Cline v. State

OPINION

LANE, Vice Presiding Judge:

Craig William Cline, Appellant was tried by jury for the crime of Child Beating, After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies (21 O.S.1981, § 843) in Oklahoma County District Court Case No. CRF-87-3848. The jury found Appellant guilty and set punishment at twenty (20) years imprisonment. The trial court sentenced Appellant accordingly.

When her mother brought eighteen-month-old A.M. to the Midwest City Hospital, the baby’s top lip was split open and swollen to the point of resembling a duck’s bill. Her face and legs were covered with bruises, her buttocks…