BANKS v. STATE

No. U-411.

298 So.2d 543 (1974)

Howard BANKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Andrew W. Lindsey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RAWLS, Chief Judge.

Once again we have before us a record where the state, in the name of "Williams", went for the over-kill.1

Appellant Banks was charged and convicted of the crime of fondling a male child under the age of fourteen years in a lewd, lascivious and indecent manner.2 In support of its accusation, the state adduced the testimony of the victim, age 10, and his friend, age 11. The testimony...

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