Maria D Ortiz v. State of Florida

SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D2023-3214 Lower Tribunal No. 22CF000847AOR _____________________________ MARIA D. ORTIZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Patricia L. Strowbridge, Judge. July 18, 2025 MIZE, J. Appellant, Maria D. Ortiz (“Ortiz”), appeals her conviction and sentence for battery on a person 65 years of age or older. She asserts that the trial court erred when it forced her counsel to concede in closing argument that she had committed…