Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1995

Hartman v. State

Hartman v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided September 8, 1995 · Cobb, Goshorn, Harris
659 So. 2d 1360; 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 9534; 1995 WL 525681 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Hartman v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Donald J. Hartman was convicted of sexual battery on his nine-year old stepson as well as lewd and lascivious assault arising from the same incident.

The only error we find in the record is that the trial court should have granted the defense motion for judgment of acquittal on the lewd and lascivious charge.

It is clear from the record that the only act proven as a basis for the lewd and lascivious charge was the same act necessary to sustain the sexual battery charge.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED as to the conviction for lewd and lascivious conduct with instructions to grant an acquittal as to that charge.

COBB, GOSHORN and HARRIS, JJ., concur.

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