GODWIN v. STATE

No. 53328.

369 So.2d 577 (1979)

William Alton GODWIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Grose of Anderson, Thorn, Grose & Quesada, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and C. Marie King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


BOYD, Justice.

The appellant was convicted in a jury trial of the crime of sexual battery by a person eighteen years of age or older upon a person eleven years of age or younger, a capital felony forbidden by section 794.011(2), Florida Statutes (1975). The trial court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment without eligibility for parole for twenty-five years. § 775.082(1), Fla. Stat. (1975). The appellant raised the question of the statute's constitutional...

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