Florida Statute 784.41 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

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Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 784
ASSAULT; BATTERY; CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE

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F.S. 784.041

784.041 Felony battery; domestic battery by strangulation.—

(1) A person commits felony battery if he or she:

(a) Actually and intentionally touches or strikes another person against the will of the other; and

(b) Causes great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement.

(2)(a) A person commits domestic battery by strangulation if the person knowingly and intentionally, against the will of another, impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of a family or household member or of a person with whom he or she is in a dating relationship, so as to create a risk of or cause great bodily harm by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person or by blocking the nose or mouth of the other person. This paragraph does not apply to any act of medical diagnosis, treatment, or prescription which is authorized under the laws of this state.

(b) As used in this subsection, the term:

1. “Family or household member” has the same meaning as in s. 741.28.

2. “Dating relationship” means a continuing and significant relationship of a romantic or intimate nature.

(3) A person who commits felony battery or domestic battery by strangulation commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.—s. 1, ch. 97-183; s. 1, ch. 2007-133.

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Amendments to 784.041

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 784.041

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S784.041 1 - BATTERY - REVISED. SEE REC #6279 - F: T

S784.041 1 - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8518 - F: T

S784.041 1 - BATTERY - COMMIT FELONY BATTERY - F: T

S784.041 2a - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 8519 - F: T

S784.041 2a - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9349 - F: T

S784.041 2a - BATTERY - COMMIT DOMESTIC BATTERY BY STRANGULATION - F: T

S784.041 3 - BATTERY - REVISED. SEE REC # 6894, REC #6895 - F: T

S784.041 3 - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9048 - F: T

S784.041 3 - BATTERY - RENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9049 - F: T

Cases Citing Statute 784.041

Total Results: 76

United States v. Juan Llanos-Agostadero

486 F.3d 1194, 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 11347, 2007 WL 1412239

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 15, 2007 | Docket: 850483

Cited 43 times | Published

felonious battery, in violation of Fla. Stat. § 784.041, and concluded that aggravated battery on a pregnant

In Re Standard Jury Inst.-Criminal Cases

765 So. 2d 692, 2000 WL 329427

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Mar 30, 2000 | Docket: 428972

Cited 41 times | Published

the Crime of Felony Battery] FELONY BATTERY § 784.041 Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of felony battery

United States v. Ernest Vereen, Jr.

920 F.3d 1300

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Apr 5, 2019 | Docket: 14886766

Cited 39 times | Published

other felony-battery statute, Fla. Stat. § 784.041 , "which includes the additional element

VKE v. State

934 So. 2d 1276, 2006 WL 1838948

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2006 | Docket: 2185398

Cited 29 times | Published

originally charged V.K.E. with felony battery under section 784.041, Florida Statutes (2002). However, the State

Cleveland v. State

887 So. 2d 362, 2004 WL 1530876

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 3, 2004 | Docket: 466607

Cited 24 times | Published

GRIFFIN and PALMER, JJ., concur. NOTES [1] § 784.041, Fla. Stat. (2002).

Irma Ovalles v. United States

905 F.3d 1231

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 4, 2018 | Docket: 7986148

Cited 18 times | Published

115th Cong. § 2 (2018). Fla. Stat. § 784.041 (1). Id. § 775.082(3)(e)

Mobley v. State

132 So. 3d 1160, 2014 WL 20660, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 15

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 2, 2014 | Docket: 60238326

Cited 18 times | Published

03(1), Fla. Stat. (2008) (misdemeanor battery) to § 784.041(1), Fla. Stat. (2008) (felony battery) and § 784

In Re Standard Jury Inst. in Criminal Cases-Report No. 2008-05

994 So. 2d 1038, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 836, 2008 Fla. LEXIS 1974, 2008 WL 4587203

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Oct 16, 2008 | Docket: 1219604

Cited 17 times | Published

2008. 8.5(a) DOMESTIC BATTERY BY STRANGULATION § 784.041(2)(a), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of Domestic

United States v. Robert William Green

873 F.3d 846

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 29, 2017 | Docket: 6160941

Cited 13 times | Published

great bodily harm in violation of Fla. Stat. § 784.041. The district court concluded that Defendant had

WEP, JR. v. State

790 So. 2d 1166, 2001 WL 803023

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 18, 2001 | Docket: 1734361

Cited 13 times | Published

(citations omitted). Felony battery is defined by section 784.041, Florida Statutes (1999), as follows: (1) A

United States v. Eddy Wilmer Vail-Bailon

868 F.3d 1293, 2017 WL 3667647, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 16283

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 25, 2017 | Docket: 6143600

Cited 11 times | Published

disability, or permanent disfigurement.” Fla. Stat. § 784.041(1). The Supreme Court has lit the way for us to

TS v. State

965 So. 2d 1288, 2007 WL 3034832

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 2007 | Docket: 1509113

Cited 11 times | Published

permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement. § 784.041(1). Finally, aggravated battery occurs when a

Lewis v. State

817 So. 2d 933, 2002 WL 985345

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 15, 2002 | Docket: 2485106

Cited 9 times | Published

convicted of felony battery in violation of section 784.041 of the Florida Statutes (1999). At trial, the

United States v. Terrance Tyrone Davis

875 F.3d 592

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 7, 2017 | Docket: 6218748

Cited 7 times | Published

disability, or permanent disfigurement.” Fla. Stat. § 784.041(1). As the panel opinion acknowledges and I have

Smith v. State

76 So. 3d 379, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 20857, 2011 WL 6847813

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 30, 2011 | Docket: 2354446

Cited 7 times | Published

intentionally or knowingly cause the victim harm. See § 784.041(1), Fla. Stat. (2009). The court adjudicated Appellant

Severance v. State

972 So. 2d 931, 2007 WL 4338863

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2007 | Docket: 1158824

Cited 7 times | Published

disfigurement" the battery is a third degree felony. § 784.041. Aggravated battery, which occurs When a person

Jefferies v. State

849 So. 2d 401, 2003 WL 21471728

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 27, 2003 | Docket: 1509385

Cited 7 times | Published

agreed, that in 1997 the legislature enacted section 784.041, defining the crime of felony battery, to fill

Smith v. State

799 So. 2d 421, 2001 WL 1434657

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 16, 2001 | Docket: 1278253

Cited 6 times | Published

offense of felony battery in violation of section 784.041, Florida Statutes (1997). Smith argues reversal

State v. Williams

9 So. 3d 658, 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 2941, 2009 WL 838274

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 1, 2009 | Docket: 1221972

Cited 5 times | Published

adjudicated guilty of felony battery under section 784.041, Florida Statutes (2005), which requires great

Chambers v. State

975 So. 2d 444, 2007 WL 1097953

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2007 | Docket: 1424540

Cited 5 times | Published

lesser included Degree of Felony: Third Degree. § 784.041(2) (providing that felony battery is a third-degree

United States v. Shawn Dixon

874 F.3d 678

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 23, 2017 | Docket: 6174252

Cited 4 times | Published

other person. Fla. Stat. § 784.041(2)(a). Phrased differently, § 784.041(2)(a) requires proof that the

Wolfork v. State

992 So. 2d 907, 2008 WL 4682525

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 24, 2008 | Docket: 1723226

Cited 4 times | Published

jury on the elements of felony battery under section 784.041. We conclude from our review of the trial transcript

VM v. State

766 So. 2d 280, 2000 WL 174607

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 2000 | Docket: 1329629

Cited 4 times | Published

finding him guilty of felony battery pursuant to section 784.041, Florida Statutes (1999), for hitting his teacher

BF v. State

747 So. 2d 1061, 2000 WL 31819

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 14, 2000 | Docket: 2489473

Cited 4 times | Published

arrested for felony battery, a third-degree felony. § 784.041, Fla. Stat. (1997). The "probable cause" affidavit

BF v. State

747 So. 2d 1061, 2000 WL 31819

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 14, 2000 | Docket: 2489473

Cited 4 times | Published

arrested for felony battery, a third-degree felony. § 784.041, Fla. Stat. (1997). The "probable cause" affidavit

United States v. Clifford B. Gandy, Jr.

917 F.3d 1333

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Mar 6, 2019 | Docket: 14627611

Cited 3 times | Published

Vail-Bailon that felony battery under Fla. Stat. § 784.041 categorically qualifies as a crime of violence

Brooks v. State

93 So. 3d 402, 2012 WL 2471095, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 10589

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 29, 2012 | Docket: 60310572

Cited 3 times | Published

because the offense of felony battery under section 784.041, Florida Statutes (2010), is not a qualifying

Aldacosta v. State

41 So. 3d 1096, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 12164, 2010 WL 3238999

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 18, 2010 | Docket: 1295513

Cited 3 times | Published

caus[ing] bodily harm to another person." Section 784.041(1) defines "felony battery" as "[a]ctually

Cuevas v. State

770 So. 2d 703, 2000 WL 1505115

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 11, 2000 | Docket: 1778824

Cited 3 times | Published

orientation... of [the] victim ... contrary to F.S. 784.041, F.S. 777.011 and F.S. 775.085.... During the

United States v. Eddy Wilmer Vail-Bailon

838 F.3d 1091, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 17577, 2016 WL 5403582

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Sep 28, 2016 | Docket: 4426626

Cited 1 times | Published

now hold that felony battery under Fla. Stat. § 784.041 does not qualify as a “crime of violence” under

Mickens v. State

138 So. 3d 595, 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 6938, 2014 WL 1876153

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 9, 2014 | Docket: 60240743

Cited 1 times | Published

of a female victim, and (2) felony battery, § 784.041(1), of her male friend. The charges arose from

Harris v. State

111 So. 3d 922, 2013 WL 1235888, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 5078

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 28, 2013 | Docket: 60230914

Cited 1 times | Published

disfigurement to LESLEY M LANG, in violation of Section 784.041, Florida Statutes. Count II, charging domestic

Dominguez v. State

98 So. 3d 198, 2012 WL 4222148, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 15872

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 21, 2012 | Docket: 60312209

Cited 1 times | Published

sentence”). By contrast, felony battery under section 784.041 — which requires that the defendant cause great

V.C. v. State

63 So. 3d 831, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 7195, 2011 WL 1878004

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 18, 2011 | Docket: 60301171

Cited 1 times | Published

adjudication under section 784.041, a lesser included offense of aggravated battery. See § 784.041, Fla. Stat

Biggs v. State

24 So. 3d 797, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 12, 2010 WL 21171

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 6, 2010 | Docket: 1648783

Cited 1 times | Published

felony of domestic battery by strangulation. See § 784.041(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2008). He later signed a written

V.K.E. v. State

934 So. 2d 1276, 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 505, 2006 Fla. LEXIS 1475

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 2006 | Docket: 64845913

Cited 1 times | Published

originally charged V.K.E. with felony battery under section 784.041, Florida Statutes (2002). However, the State

Joseph v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 12, 2025 | Docket: 69632243

Published

resulting in great bodily harm in violation of section 784.041(1) (count three). Joseph was alleged to have

The State of Florida v. Kevin Perez

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 5, 2025 | Docket: 69612571

Published

with one count of felony battery pursuant to section 784.041 and 777.011,1 Florida Statutes (2021). The

MICHAEL ALLEN LOVETT v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 16, 2024 | Docket: 69050271

Published

punishable by up to five years in prison. See § 784.041(1), (3), Fla. Stat. (2018); § 775.082(3)(e), Fla

Jerry Richardson v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 19, 2024 | Docket: 68867369

Published

either by causing great bodily harm under section 784.041(1)(b), Florida Statutes, or, alternatively

Micole Atiya Jefferson v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 3, 2024 | Docket: 68403488

Published

battery with a weapon, a second-degree felony. Section 784.041(1), Florida Statutes (2017), is the corresponding

United States v. Christopher E. Miles

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 31, 2023 | Docket: 65769144

Published

Argued: Nov 18, 2022

convictions un- der Florida Statutes § 784.041 and the unlawful possession of a listed

United States v. Clifford Laines, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jun 6, 2023 | Docket: 67479768

Published

battery in violation of Florida Statute § 784.041 requires the use of physical force” and therefore

ARTHUR WILLIAM DENNIS v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 4, 2022 | Docket: 63285691

Published

with domestic battery by strangulation under section 784.041(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2020), which reads:

United States v. Dean Matthews

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Jul 6, 2021 | Docket: 60038124

Published

prior felony battery conviction under Fla. Stat. § 784.041 does not qualify as a crime of violence; and (2)

United States v. Deangelo Lenard Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Dec 2, 2020 | Docket: 18708003

Published

strangulation and assault, which Florida Statute § 784.041 renders a felony. That he eventually pled to the

Gregory Welch v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: May 6, 2020 | Docket: 17132246

Published

felony-battery conviction, under Fla. Stat. § 784.041(1). Welch objected to his classification

United States v. Raymon Marquell Harris

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 29, 2019 | Docket: 16396408

Published

felony battery as set forth in Florida Statutes § 784.041 -- is a crime of violence under the elements

ANTHONY v. NIEVES v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 2, 2019 | Docket: 16006954

Published

between misdemeanor and felony battery); see also § 784.041(a) (defining domestic battery by strangulation)

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2018-14.

267 So. 3d 980

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Apr 11, 2019 | Docket: 14917537

Published

8.5(a) DOMESTIC BATTERY BY STRANGULATION § 784.041(2)(a), Fla. Stat. To prove the crime of

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases - Report 2017-11

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 28, 2018 | Docket: 8498562

Published

5 FELONY BATTERY § 784.041(1), Fla._Stat. To prove the crime of Felony

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-11.

260 So. 3d 930

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 2018 | Docket: 8439937

Published

1st DCA 2004). 8.5 FELONY BATTERY § 784.041 (1) , Fla._Stat. To prove the

In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases-Report 2017-11.

260 So. 3d 930

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Dec 20, 2018 | Docket: 8439937

Published

1st DCA 2004). 8.5 FELONY BATTERY § 784.041 (1) , Fla._Stat. To prove the

Irma Ovalles v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 4, 2018 | Docket: 7999025

Published

Stat. § 784.041(1). 80 Id. § 775.082(3)(e). 81 Id. § 784.041(1)(b). 82 Id. § 784.041(2)(a).

Irma Ovalles v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Oct 4, 2018 | Docket: 8023866

Published

Stat. § 784.041(1). 80 Id. § 775.082(3)(e). 81 Id. § 784.041(1)(b). 82 Id. § 784.041(2)(a).

The Florida Bar v. Anthony Wayne Blackburn

244 So. 3d 168

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: May 24, 2018 | Docket: 6890130

Published

arrested and charged with battery pursuant to section 784.041(1)(a), with solicitation of prostitution pursuant

TYMOTHY RAY MARTIN v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 4, 2018 | Docket: 6385925

Published

disability, or permanent disfigurement under section 784.041(1), Florida Statutes (2016). Mr. Martin filed

D.M. v. State

237 So. 3d 1096

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 27, 2017 | Docket: 64673486

Published

termination." D.M. appeals. *1098Florida Statutes section 784.041 (2017) provides that a person commits felony

D.M. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 27, 2017 | Docket: 6248137

Published

termination.” D.M. appeals. Florida Statutes section 784.041 (2017) provides that a person commits felony

United States v. Eddy Wilmer Vail-Bailon

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Aug 25, 2017 | Docket: 6145736

Published

conviction for felony battery under Florida Statute § 784.041. Based on Vail-Bailon’s felony battery conviction

Waymon Kirkland v. State of Florida

225 So. 3d 920, 2017 WL 3428756, 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 11496

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 2017 | Docket: 6135895

Published

permanent disability, or permanent- disfigurement,” § 784.041(1), Fla. Stat.

United States v. Robert William Green

842 F.3d 1299, 2016 WL 6994213

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Nov 30, 2016 | Docket: 4546634

Published

great bodily harm in violation of Fla. Stat. § 784.041. Defendant appeals his sentence ■ under the

Jahman Whitfield v. State

202 So. 3d 456, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 16042

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 28, 2016 | Docket: 4487125

Published

3d 1071, 1073-74 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). Section 784.041(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2012), criminalizes

Richard Walker v. State of Florida

193 So. 3d 946, 2016 WL 1579077, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 5994

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 20, 2016 | Docket: 3055578

Published

a second degree felony and a violation of section 784.041, Florida Statutes (2011); (2) Battery on a

Dolan v. State

187 So. 3d 262, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 2183, 2016 WL 618901

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 17, 2016 | Docket: 3036703

Published

was convicted of felony battery pursuant to section 784.041 of the Florida Statutes. 2

State v. Sullivan

173 So. 3d 1133, 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13207, 2015 WL 5166274

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 4, 2015 | Docket: 2709529

Published

great bodily harm, a felony battery under section 784.041(1), Florida Statutes (2012). The underlying

New Hampshire Indemnity Co. v. Scott

910 F. Supp. 2d 1341, 2012 WL 6213074, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176735

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Dec 13, 2012 | Docket: 65987150

Published

Statutes, and to felony battery in violation of Section 784.041, Florida • Statutes. In September, 2008, Sarah’s

Miles v. State

94 So. 3d 662, 2012 WL 3235209, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13362

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 2012 | Docket: 60310945

Published

AND REMANDED. PALMER and TORPY, JJ., concur. . § 784.041(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2010). . Although the information

Williams v. State

65 So. 3d 1209, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 12165, 2011 WL 3303473

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Aug 3, 2011 | Docket: 60301659

Published

permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement. § 784.041(1). Applying the elements of either of these offenses

De la Fuente v. State

58 So. 3d 394, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 5189, 2011 WL 1377065

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 13, 2011 | Docket: 60299354

Published

conviction and sentence for felony battery. See § 784.041, Fla. Stat. (2007). We affirm, except for certain

United States v. Smith

725 F. Supp. 2d 1336, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 72225, 2010 WL 2836616

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Jul 19, 2010 | Docket: 96660

Published

Battery conviction pursuant to Florida Statute Section 784.041 is a "violent felony." II. "The prosecution

T.S. v. State

965 So. 2d 1288, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 16374

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 19, 2007 | Docket: 64852634

Published

permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement. § 784.041(1). Finally, aggravated battery occurs when a

W.B.S. v. State

851 So. 2d 802, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 11426, 2003 WL 21748826

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 2003 | Docket: 64824271

Published

battery, a third-degree felony, contrary to section 784.041, Florida Statutes (2000). Following the testimony

Gaines v. State

800 So. 2d 732, 2001 Fla. App. LEXIS 17191, 2001 WL 1555301

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 7, 2001 | Docket: 64810404

Published

permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement.” § 784.041, Fla. Stat.(2000). Burns testified that the blow

V.M. v. State

766 So. 2d 280, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 1367

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 2000 | Docket: 64800123

Published

finding him guilty of felony battery pursuant to section 784.041, Florida Statutes (1999), for hitting his teacher

B.F. v. State

747 So. 2d 1061, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 219

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 14, 2000 | Docket: 64793592

Published

arrested for felony battery, a third-degree felony. § 784.041, Fla. Stat. (1997). The “probable cause” affidavit