Van Sickle v. State

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

Appellant was charged with two counts of battery in the second degree, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-1602 (l)(d)(iii) (Supp. 1985). The charges arose from incidents involving the two minor children of appellant’s girl friend. The two charges were severed for trial and the jury returned a guilty verdict for the battery of Jamie Holmes, age 4. At the judgment and commitment hearing, appellant pled guilty to the second degree battery of the other child, John Holmes. Appellant was sentenced to five years for the second degree battery of Jamie and four years, with two years…