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445 So. 2d 716

Bess v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 29, 1984

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1984-02-29

Relies on 438 So. 2d 787 - Harris v. State · 262 So. 2d 655 - DeLaine v. State

Decided 1984-02-29

PER CURIAM.

¶1Clifford Bess was charged in Count III of an information with sexual battery. He was convicted of aggravated battery, a lesser included offense contained in Count III. He appeals this conviction. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶2The trial court declined to charge the jury, although requested, with the lesser included offenses of battery, assault, and aggravated assault. This was error in light of the accusatory pleading and evidence. Harris v. State, 438 So.2d 787 (Fla.1983); DeLaine v. State, 262 So.2d 655 (Fla.1972); Rule 3.510(b), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

¶3We reverse and remand for a new trial as to Count III, with the retrial to be limited to the charge of Aggravated Battery and lesser included offenses. Rule 3.640(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.

BERANEK, DELL and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
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