Ortola v. Alfonso

917 So.2d 252 (2005)

Jose ORTOLA, Appellant,

v.

Mirtha ALFONSO, Appellee.

No. 3D04-1895.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 14, 2005.

Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, Miami, and Michaelle Paulson, for appellant.

Mirtha Alfonso, in proper person.

Before LEVY, C.J., and GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.

In the instant case, a repeat violence injunction was placed against Jose Ortola ("Ortola") after allegations from his neighbor that he fondled and groped her. The question confronting the Court concerns whether the groping (sexual assault), plus an incident of stalking (where Ortola…