DOUCET, Chief Judge.
The defendant, Joseph Hopkins, appeals a conviction for second degree battery and the sentence imposed as a result.
Late June 4, or early June 5, 1995, the defendant and the victim, Michelle Nicholas, became involved in an argument while on the way to Hopkins' trailer. When they arrived at the trailer in the early morning hours of June 5, Hopkins obtained a thick branch and struck Nicholas on the buttocks. Once inside the trailer, he told...
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