Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2006

Banks v. State

Banks v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 25, 2006 · Farmer, Gross, Gunther
941 So. 2d 447; 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 17826; 2006 WL 3018133 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Banks v. State

Concurring Opinion

GROSS, J.,

concurring specially.

I concur in affirming appellant’s conviction. 'When the jury posed a question, defense counsel asked the judge to respond by re-reading the standard charge on sexual battery involving no physical force. The judge did so. Now, appellant argues that the re-reading of the standard instruction was fundamental error. Any error was waived by counsel asking that the instruction be read. See Armstrong v. State, 579 So.2d 734, 735 (Fla. 1991); Singletary v. State, 829 So.2d 978, 979 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002). This request was consistent with the defense strategy and theory of the case which was not that the incident was an accident, but that no penetration at all occurred, as evidenced by counsel’s repeated statement in opening and closing, “If the hand don’t fit, you must acquit.”

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

GUNTHER and FARMER, JJ„ concur. GROSS, J., concurs specially with opinion.

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