Filed: Jan. 06, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT JOHNNY BERNARD HALL, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D14-2321 ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed January 6, 2016. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; William Fuente, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, T
Summary: NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT JOHNNY BERNARD HALL, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D14-2321 ) STATE OF FLORIDA, ) ) Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed January 6, 2016. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; William Fuente, Judge. Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and William L. Sharwell, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Ta..
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
JOHNNY BERNARD HALL, )
)
Appellant, )
)
v. ) Case No. 2D14-2321
)
STATE OF FLORIDA, )
)
Appellee. )
)
Opinion filed January 6, 2016.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for
Hillsborough County; William Fuente, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and
William L. Sharwell, Assistant Public
Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Kiersten E. Jensen,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for
Appellee.
WALLACE, Judge.
Johnny Bernard Hall appeals his judgment and sentences for felony
battery under section 784.03(2), Florida Statutes (2013), and violation of an injunction
for protection against domestic violence under section 741.31(4)(a)(3), Florida Statutes
(2013). We affirm in part and reverse in part.
In order to obtain a conviction for violation of the domestic violence
injunction, the State was required to prove that Mr. Hall acted "willfully" in violating the
injunction. ยง 741.31(4)(a)(3). In this context, "willfully" means "knowingly, intentionally
and purposely." Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Crim.) 8.18; cf. Gaspard v. State,
848 So. 2d 1161,
1162 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003) (holding that knowledge by an accused that an injunction is in
effect is an essential element of the crime of aggravated stalking after the entry of a
domestic violence injunction). It was undisputed at trial that the victim's statements led
Mr. Hall reasonably to conclude that the domestic violence injunction was no longer in
effect. Accordingly, the trial court erred in failing to grant Mr. Hall's motion for a
judgment of acquittal on the charge of violation of the domestic violence injunction.
We affirm Mr. Hall's judgment and sentence for felony battery without
comment. We reverse the judgment and sentence for violation of the injunction against
domestic violence and remand for Mr. Hall's discharge on the latter offense.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
ALTENBERND and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.
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