Case Name: W.J.W., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-03-08
Citations: 446 So. 2d 248
Docket Number: No. 82-1105
Parties: W.J.W., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ORFINGER, C.J., and SHARP, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 446
Pages: 248–250

Head Matter:
W.J.W., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-1105.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 8, 1984.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Theresa K. Edwards, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Day-tona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm on the authority of Ray v. State, 403 So.2d 956 (Fla.1981), and Torrence v. State, 440 So.2d 392 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983). Discharge of a firearm in public, section 790.15, Florida Statutes (1981), is not a necessarily lesser included offense of aggravated battery, section 784.-045(l)(b), Florida Statutes (1981). However, defense counsel withdrew her objection and affirmatively represented to the court that in this case discharge of a firearm in public was a permissibly lesser included offense of aggravated battery. She argued her client should only be found guilty of the lesser offense:
I submit to the analogy, if the court finds that Mr. Whetstone intentionally fired, that it's insufficient as a matter of law to sustain a conviction of aggravated battery or simple battery but I believe the facts as adduced at trial, the Court may find the evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction for discharging a firearm in public. (R 94).
After the judge found W.J.W. guilty of the lesser offense, counsel offered no objection. A clearer case of waiver would be difficult to imagine.
AFFIRMED.
ORFINGER, C.J., and SHARP, J., concur.
COWART, J., dissents with opinion.
. The record sustains the judge's conclusion that all the elements of the offense of discharge of a firearm in public were in fact proved.