In instructing the jury on the definition of battery, the trial court gave the standard jury instruction which defines battery as the intentional touching or striking of the victim by the defendant against the victim's will. The court rejected appellant's request that the instruction also advise the jury that an accidental or unintentional touching does not constitute battery.
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