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Matfield v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 3, 2010
41 So. 3d 397 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

Opinion

No. 1D09-3006.

August 3, 2010.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. W. Joel Boles, Judge.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Steven L. Seliger, Assistant Public Defender, and Pamela D. Presnell, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, and Lori Raybon. Assistant Public Defender, Pensacola, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


AFFIRMED. See Nash v. State, 766 So.2d 310, 310 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000) (affirming conviction for burglary of a vehicle with battery based on reaching into the victim's vehicle and "intentionally touching] the victim's closely held purse against her will" because "[b]attery is the actual and intentional touching of another person against that person's will"); Malczewski v. State, 444 So.2d 1096, 1099 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984) (holding that the word "person" in section 784.03(1)(a) "means person or anything intimately connected with the person").

BENTON, VAN NORTWICK, and WETHERELL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matfield v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 3, 2010
41 So. 3d 397 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)
Case details for

Matfield v. State

Case Details

Full title:Ravalon Aldo MATFIELD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Aug 3, 2010

Citations

41 So. 3d 397 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)