Boyfriend convicted of beating 22-month-old boy to death (Clarksville, Tennessee)

Boyfriend TIMOTHY L. DIGGS SR. has been convicted of felony murder in the beating death of a 22-month-old little boy.

http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-tn--childdeathconviction,0,5427165.story

Judge in Clarksville convicts man in beating death of girlfriend's toddler
By Associated Press
9:49 AM CDT, July 29, 2009

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Clarksville judge has convicted a man in the beating death of his girlfriend's toddler.

The state's case against 36-year-old Timothy L. Diggs Sr. was heard by Montgomery County Criminal Court Judge Mike R. Jones without a jury.

The Leaf-Chronicle reported Diggs was found guilty on Tuesday of felony murder and aggravated child abuse in the March 2007 death of 22-month-old Christopher Andre Nicholson.

Diggs received an automatic life sentence on the murder charge, making him first eligible for parole when he is 87 years old. He will be sentenced Sept. 9 on the abuse conviction.

The child was the son of Angelina "Nina" Richards, who was the only witness called by the defense.