RAFORD v. STATE

No. 4D98-4341.

792 So.2d 476 (2001)

Willie RAFORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

We withdraw our previous opinion which was filed on September 20, 2000 and substitute the following opinion.

Appellant, in attempting to discipline an eight-year-old child of the woman he had been living with for several months, struck him approximately three times with a belt, leaving welts which were visible the next day. He was convicted of third degree felony child abuse. He appeals, arguing that he was convicted of a crime with which he was...

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