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Definition of Battery. The crime of Simple Battery or Misdemeanor Battery is defined under Section 784.03, Florida Statutes. In Florida, the term battery means: Any actual and intentional touching or striking of another person against that personâs will (non-consensual), or. The intentional causing of bodily harm to another person.
Criminal battery is any touching that causes another pain. Because many criminal battery charges are classified as misdemeanor offenses, a large number of defendants show up to court and accept a plea bargain, as long as the plea involves probation or time-served provision.riminal battery is a very broad term for a classification of offensive physical contact. Many states use the term interchangeably with other terms like assault, battery, and domestic violence. In order to qualify as a criminal battery, law enforcement must first show that a battery occurred.