Opinion ID: 77052
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: (a) The offense of battery occurs when a person:

Text: 14 1. Actually and intentionally touches or strikes another person against the will of the other; or 15 2. Intentionally causes bodily harm to another person. 16 Fla. Stat. Ann. § 784.03 (emphasis added). The statutory elements of battery are: an actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against the will of the other person; or intentionally causing bodily harm to an individual. Hamrick v. State, 648 So.2d 274, 276 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1995) (emphasis added). Thus, an aggravated battery conviction required that Sosa-Martinez: 17 (A) commit a simple battery by intentionally (1) touching or striking another person, or (2) causing bodily harm to another person, and 18 (B) that in committing that battery, he (1) caused great bodily harm, permanent disability, or permanent disfigurement, or (2) used a deadly weapon.