he tried to wrestle the

cigarette away from he, and was trying to burn me with the cigarette.” According to Casey,

Marvin succeeded in burning her with the cigarette.

¶6.    Casey testified that, at that point, she was able to grab Gabriel and walk out the back

door. In hopes the “across-the-street neighbors,” the Hobsons, were home, Casey fled there,

but they were not home. Casey then returned to her driveway, “because I kept hearing car

doors slamming” and she observed Marvin packing up the family car. He threatened to lock

her out of the house, which he then agreed not to do. As he was walking to unlock the house

door, Casey “put Gabriel down in the middle of the driveway” and “ran over there to try to

get the car seat.” Marvinwife. He testified that the marks on Casey came from

running though the woods to get to the Ogletrees’ house. On cross examination, Marvin

testified that no marks had been on Casey’s neck when he left the house, and that he was

unaware of how she had gotten the bruise on her arm or the cigarette burn. Marvin testified

that he was pulled over by the police, who took him to the Ogletrees’ house.

¶10.   Colita Ogletree testified that when Casey arrived at her house, “[s]he was just very

alarmed when she came in, and she showed me her forearm. It looked like she had a goose

egg.”Also, Colita noticed that Casey’s neck was red. She testified that “she just had kind of

a goose egg on her bicep and some bruising, and her