Opinion ID: 2159194
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Heading: Battery Class C Felony

Text: Joseph D. Tawney, Jr.    knowingly or intentionally touch another person in a rude insolent or angry manner, to-wit: William Butt, said offense being a Class C felony because it was committed by means of a deadly weapon, to-wit: a knife,   . From an examination of these charges, it is apparent that the battery charged was the force allegedly employed in the commission of the robbery charged. The battery was not merely an offense that occurred in the same criminal episode, it was a necessary element of the robbery, as charged. The cause is remanded to the trial court with instructions to vacate the sentence upon the battery charge. In all other respects, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. GIVAN, C.J., and DeBRULER, HUNTER and PIVARNIK, JJ., concur.