Ramirez v. State

Jose L. Ramirez appeals his convictions, following a trial, of two counts of felony battery (one prior battery), one count of domestic battery by strangulation and one count of battery on a law enforcement officer. Ramirez challenges the trial court’s admission into evidence, over objection, of the victim’s prior statement. Ramirez also raises a double jeopardy challenge regarding his four battery convictions. We find no error regarding the admission of the victim’s statement, but conclude double jeopardy principles bar two of Ramirez’s four battery convictions.

Ramirez went to the apartment…