PLEUS, C.J.
The defendant appeals from his convictions and sentences for lewd and lascivious battery and interference with child custody. His sole point on appeal relates to the denial of his requested jury instruction on simple battery as a lesser included offense of lewd and lascivious battery. Because decisional law dictates that this instruction should have been given, we are obligated to reverse for a new trial on the lewd and lascivious battery charge.
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