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418 N.E.2d 1197

Staggs v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 8, 1981

Indiana Court of Appeals · decided 1981-04-08

Decided 1981-04-08

ROBERTSON, Judge.

¶1The sole issue raised by defendant-appellant is whether the evidence is sufficient to prove that the bruises inflicted upon his three year old victim caused extreme pain, an element of a class C felony of battery as defined by IC 35-42-2-1 and IC 35-41-1-2.

¶2The jury heard and saw evidence showing bruises extending from the child’s ribcage to the middle of the thigh on the right side of her body and the opinion of a physician stating that a three year old child receiving blunt trauma causing these deep and severe bruises would suffer extreme pain.

¶3The evidence is sufficient.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

NEAL, P. J., and BUCHANAN, C. J. (sitting by designation), concur.
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