HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 31-year-old man serving prison time for murder in a Seward County case and a conviction for aggravated battery of a corrections officer saw his conviction in the battery case upheld by the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Eddie Nunez was found guilty of battering and causing injury to a female officer at the central unit of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility back on Jan. 13, 2016.

The officer had given permission for his cell door to be opened so he could supposedly empty his trash. She says she was distracted by other inmates and turned and saw his fist. That was when she was struck repeatedly. She stated that she went underneath a nearby stairway trying to escape, but he followed her and continued to hit and kick her. During the altercation, she couldn’t get to her radio, so she finally started screaming. Help then arrived. She suffered a black eye and other bruising from the altercation.

Nunez is serving that sentence at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility central unit under special management.