Jelks v. State

COWART, Judge.

Kelvin Eugene Jelks, the defendant, appeals his convictions of battery and battery on a law enforcement officer.

Defendant was charged with aggravated battery, section 784.045(l)(a), (b), Florida Statutes (1985), and battery on a law enforcement officer, section 784.07(2)(b), Florida Statutes (1985), as a result of his striking a law enforcement officer one time between the eyes with a tree limb saw. The jury convicted the defendant of simple battery as a lesser included offense of the aggravated battery charge and convicted the defendant of the battery on a law enforcement…