Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1993

Farrington v. State

Farrington v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 3, 1993 · Diamantis, Griffin, Thompson
626 So. 2d 1123; 1993 Fla. App. LEXIS 12004; 1993 WL 495981 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Farrington v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We affirm Frederick S. Farrington’s conviction for sexual battery upon a child under the age of sixteen years in violation of section 800.04(3), Florida Statutes (1991); however, we certify to the Florida Supreme Court the same issue which we certified in Jones v. State, 619 So.2d 418 (Fla. 5th DCA 1993), rev. granted, 629 So.2d 133 (Fla. 1993), namely, whether the constitutional right to privacy renders unconstitutional that portion of section 800.04 which provides that consent is not a defense to a prosecution for sexual activity with a minor under age sixteen.

AFFIRMED.

GRIFFIN, DIAMANTIS and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.

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