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State v. Norris6/4/2002
ied, 501 U.S. 1208, 115 L. Ed. 2d 977 (1991). A "serious physical injury" is defined as an injury that causes great pain and suffering. Phillips, 328 N.C. at 20, 399 S.E.2d at 303.
Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient (1) to show she perpetrated the offense and (2) to establish the element of serious personal injury . We disagree. Defendant told Corporal Abernathy that she inflicted some of the bruises on her three-year- old child. The motel manager described the bruises as "prettybad." The protective services case manager characterized the bruises as among the most severe she had seen in eight years of investigating child abuse cases. In addition to his testimony describing the severity of the bruises, the physician's assistant testified that the infliction of the bruises would cause a great deal of pain. Based upon the foregoing evidence, a jury could reasonably find that defendant intentionally inflicted serious personal injury upon the child. This assignment of error is overruled.
We hold defendant received a fair trial, free of prejudicial error.
No error.
Judges MARTIN and BRYANT concur.
Report per Rule 30(e).
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