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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Hixson finds the trial court properly convicted defendant for aggravated assault on a family or household member, terroristic threatening and domestic battering. His wife testified that he choked her unconscious for being unable to find him a pair of socks, stating during the attack that he would kill her and their son if she left him. After the attack defendant would not let her leave the house with both children at the same time. In his motion for directed verdict, defendant’s counsel stated, “On the charge of domestic battery … there’s been insufficient evidence … to show that [defendant] caused … injury” to the victim intentionally.He fails to argue that his proposed “extreme stress” negated purposeful intent. This argument is also conclusory and without citation to supporting authority. Affirmed.