KEY v. STATE

No. 2D99-4429.

779 So.2d 525 (2000)

Joseph KEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender, Tampa, and Theda R. James, Assistant Public Defender, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

Joseph Key challenges his conviction and sentence for battery and third-degree felony child abuse. These charges arose out of the death of the two-year-old daughter of Key's girlfriend.

Key first argues that the trial court erred by giving the jury an instruction on child abuse that included the element of "great bodily harm." While we agree that the jury instruction was incorrect, we conclude that Key was not prejudiced by the error. The erroneous...

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