Case Name: Javier FERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-01-16
Citations: 263 So. 3d 224
Docket Number: No. 3D17-1965
Parties: Javier FERNANDEZ, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before EMAS, C.J., and LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 263
Pages: 224–225

Head Matter:
Javier FERNANDEZ, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D17-1965
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed January 16, 2019.
The Law Office of Adam K. Goodman, PLLC, and Adam K. Goodman, for appellant.
Ashley Brooke Moody, Attorney General, and Marlon J. Weiss, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before EMAS, C.J., and LOGUE and SCALES, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Bouters v. State, 659 So.2d 235 (Fla. 1995) (holding that the "substantial emotional distress" element of stalking requires application of an objective, reasonable-person standard); Pallas v. State, 636 So.2d 1358 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994) ; T.B. v. State, 990 So.2d 651 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008) ; D.L.D. v. State, 815 So.2d 746 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) ; McMath v. Biernacki, 776 So.2d 1039 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). See also McKinnon v. State, 712 So.2d 1259, 1260-61 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998) (holding that the "harassment" element of crime of stalking requires State to prove defendant's acts caused substantial emotional distress, not that defendant intended to cause substantial emotional distress); Seese v. State, 955 So.2d 1145 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007) (noting distinction between "legal malice" (wrongfully, intentionally, without legal justification or excuse) and "actual malice" (ill will, hatred, spite, or evil intent), and holding that section 784.08(4) requires proof of legal malice); Fla. Std. J. Inst. 8.7(b) (Crim.) (providing: " 'Maliciously' means wrongfully, intentionally, and without legal justification or excuse").