Opinion ID: 805582
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Heading: Makes an assault or battery upon any person; or

Text: (b) Is armed or arms himself within such structure or conveyance, with explosives or a dangerous weapon. Fla. Stat. § 810.02(1)–(2) (1983). 24 Blanco was convicted of these offenses twice, on April 9, 1982, and, on retrial, on March 14, 1984. The State introduced evidence of the April 9 convictions at Blanco’s 1982 trial to establish the prior violent felony aggravating circumstance. The convictions were subsequently reversed on appeal and a new trial ordered. Blanco v. State, 438 So. 2d 404, 405 (Fla. 4th Dist. Ct. App. 1983). On retrial, Blanco was convicted again, and, on appeal, the convictions were affirmed. Blanco v. State, 466 So. 2d 1152, 1152 (Fla. 4th Dist. Ct. App. 1985)