Case Name: Edward Kelly EAVES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-05-02
Citations: 358 So. 2d 1115
Docket Number: No. 76-2201
Parties: Edward Kelly EAVES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY and KEHOE, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 358
Pages: 1115–1115

Head Matter:
Edward Kelly EAVES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 76-2201.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 2, 1978.
Rehearing Denied June 2, 1978.
Lawrence M. Litus and Joe M. Mitchell, Jr., Melbourne, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY and KEHOE, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, defendant below, appeals his conviction and sentence for involuntary sexual battery. He raises three points on appeal, the following point being meritorious:
Whether the trial court erred in refusing to give appellant's requested instruction on the lesser included offenses of involuntary sexual battery.
After reviewing carefully the record, briefs and arguments of counsel, it is our opinion that, based upon the facts of this case, the trial judge should have given the lesser included offenses of involuntary sexual battery in his instruction to the jury, i. e., assault, assault with intent to commit involuntary sexual battery, and assault and battery. See State v. Washington, 268 So.2d 901 (Fla.1972); Brown v. State, 206 So.2d 377 (Fla.1968); Wagner v. State, 356 So.2d 867 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978); Allison v. State, 162 So.2d 922 (Fla. 1st DCA 1964).
Accordingly, appellant's conviction and sentence are reversed and remanded for new trial.
Reversed and remanded for new trial.