Case Name: Damian KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-03-12
Citations: 839 So. 2d 865
Docket Number: No. 4D01-1976
Parties: Damian KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, SHAHOOD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 839
Pages: 865–865

Head Matter:
Damian KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D01-1976.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 12, 2003.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Alen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Barbara A. Zappi, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse appellant's conviction for indecent assault on a child under sixteen years of age because the trial court erred in denying appellant's requested jury instruction on battery. As battery is a category two lesser included offense of indecent assault, and the information and evidence support the lesser included offense is within the charged offense, the court was required to give the instruction upon appellant's request. See Biles v. State, 700 So.2d 166, 167 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997). Here, both the pleadings and the evidence supported a battery instruction.
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.
WARNER, SHAHOOD and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.