PER CURIAM.
Convicted of the offense of battery on a law enforcement officer, the appellant Julia Macri complains that the trial court failed to instruct the jury on the necessarily lesser included offense of simple battery as requested by defense counsel. The appellant correctly argues that the trial court had no alternative but to give the instruction and the state, in effect, concedes that it was a per se reversible error. State v. Wimberly,
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