STATE v. WEAVER

No. SC06-258.

957 So.2d 586 (2007)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Gregory Carnell WEAVER, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Robert J. Krauss, Bureau Chief, Tampa Criminal Appeals, Cerese Crawford Taylor and Dale E. Tarpley, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, John C. Fisher and Lisa Lott, Assistant Public Defenders, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Respondent.


CANTERO, J.

In this case, we consider whether an erroneous jury instruction concerning the crime of battery constituted fundamental error. The defendant was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer. Battery can be committed either by intentionally touching or striking another or by causing bodily harm to another. The information charged the defendant only with intentionally touching or striking a law enforcement...

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