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MORRIS v. STATE

CASE NO. 1D17-552.

228 So.3d 670 (2017)

Brenda L. MORRIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion filed October 6, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Thomas , Public Defender, Lori A. Willner , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Holly N. Simcox , Assistant Attorney General, and Sharon S. Traxler , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Teacher's aide Brenda L. Morris appeals her misdemeanor battery conviction arising from the discipline of a combative young student outside a pre-kindergarten classroom in Pensacola. We reverse because the jury acquitted Ms. Morris of child abuse, and it wasn't otherwise a crime for Ms. Morris to have non-abusively touched the student...

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