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STATE v. FIGAROLA

No. 3D00-1371.

788 So.2d 1109 (2001)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Carlos M. FIGAROLA, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Steven R. Berger, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Manuel Alvarez, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

RAMIREZ, J.

The State of Florida appeals the trial court's dismissal of child abuse charges against appellee Carlos M. Figarola. We affirm because Figarola's behavior constituted reasonable parental discipline, and thus did not form a basis to convict him of child abuse under section 827.03(1), Florida Statutes (1999).1

On June 19, 1999, Figarola struck his son Carlos twice when Carlos refused to eat the dinner which Figarola had...

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