DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BATTERY — TOUCH OR STRIKE (F.S. § 784.03(1)(a)1)
CASE DISMISSED (NOLLE PROSEQUI)
Okaloosa County, FL
June 15, 2026
Client was charged in Okaloosa County with Battery — Touch or Strike carrying a domestic violence designation (F.S. § 784.03(1)(a)1), a first-degree misdemeanor carrying up to 1 year in the county jail and a $1,000 fine. In Florida, a domestic violence battery conviction brings mandatory consequences a court cannot waive: a 29-week Batterer's Intervention Program, a minimum of 12 months of probation, and a permanent domestic violence designation that can never be sealed or expunged. It also triggers a lifetime federal firearms prohibition under the Lautenberg Amendment, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) — a ban with no exceptions and no restoration process.
The State filed a Nolle Prosequi and the case was dismissed. The client avoided the intervention program, the probationary term, the permanent domestic violence designation, and the lifetime firearms ban. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes; each case depends on its facts and circumstances.