JONES v. STATE

No. 97-2890.

714 So.2d 627 (1998)

Mark JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Steven A. Been, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert Butterworth, Attorney General; Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The single issue on appeal in this case is whether the trial court reversibly erred in denying defense counsel's request for an instruction on battery as a lesser included offense of the charge of battery on a law enforcement officer. We agree that denial of the requested instruction was reversible error, and reverse the conviction of battery on a law enforcement officer.

Appellant, Mark Jones, was charged with one count of battery on a law enforcement...

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