BLACKBURN, Judge.
Appellant, Marty Raymond Hopkins, appeals his conviction of cruelty to children and the trial court's denial of his motion for new trial. The charge of child cruelty against Hopkins was based on Hopkins' former wife's allegations that Hopkins whipped their three-year-old son Trent with a belt, causing severe bruising on Trent's back, buttocks, and legs.
Hopkins' former wife, Donna Hopkins, testified that although she and Hopkins were divorced...
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