Case Name: Robert Lee MARTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-05-14
Citations: 312 So. 2d 525
Docket Number: No. V-53
Parties: Robert Lee MARTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOYER, Acting C. J., and McCORD, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 312
Pages: 525–525

Head Matter:
Robert Lee MARTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. V-53.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 14, 1975.
Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender and David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Gerry B. Rose, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
MILLS, Judge.
Defendant-appellant was charged with aggravated assault and convicted of assault and battery. Defendant requested the trial court to give standard jury instruction 2.05 (aggravated assault) but the trial court refused. Instead, the trial court gave its own instruction on aggravated assault from which it omitted the element of "well founded fear of violence being done".
The trial court erred in refusing to give the requested standard instruction. White v. State, 299 So.2d 143 (Fla.App. 1974). However, as the defendant was found guilty of the lesser included offense of assault and battery, the error was harmless, Section 924.33, Florida Statutes.
The other point on appeal has been considered but is found to be without merit.
Affirmed.
BOYER, Acting C. J., and McCORD, J., concur.