Macchione v. State

Patrick Macchione is a deeply disturbed individual who suffers from “severe” mental illness. This may explain, but does not excuse (mental competence is not an issue), his obsession with the victim and his threats to take the victim’s life. Macchione comes to this court with an array of convictions that include sixteen violations of repeat violence injunction and one conviction each for aggravated stalking after an injunction, aggravated stalking with a credible threat, and violation of section 836.10, Florida Statutes (2009), which makes it a crime if a person “writes or composes and also…