COOLEY v. STATE

No. CR 80-149.

607 S.W.2d 386 (1980)

James Francis COOLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alvin Schay, State Appellate Defender, by Linda Faulkner Boone, Deputy Appellate Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Mary Davies Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


MAYS, Justice.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the evidence is sufficient to support a conviction of battery in the second degree. A person commits battery in the second degree if he purposely causes physical injury to any person by means of a deadly weapon. Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1602(1)(b) (Repl.1977). A person acts purposely with respect to his conduct or a result thereof when it is his conscious object to engage in conduct of that nature...

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