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When Does Ramming Another Car Constitute the Crime of Aggravated Battery?

By Ron Chapman

          In many cases in which an individual is charged with committing the crime of aggravated battery, the weapon that is used is a knife or a gun.  However, it is also possible to commit aggravated battery using a car.           In the case of Rosa v. State of Florida, the Third District Court of Appeal stated that in order to convict someone of aggravated battery who rams his vehicle into another vehicle, the prosecutor must first prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the occupants of the rammed vehicle were jostled, injured, had to brace themselves for protection against the impending impact, or were moved about within the vehicle during the crash...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on November 09, 2008 (boomark / email).