Oxley, Justice.
This appeal requires us to consider whether a father's actions crossed the line from lawful corporal punishment to criminal conduct. Reuben Schooley was arrested after he slapped his then nine-year-old daughter across the head, spanked her, yanked her by the shirt, and told her to get out of the house because she was acting like...
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