DEEL v. STATE

No. 84-1855.

481 So.2d 15 (1985)

Ricky Nelson DEEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


UPCHURCH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of sexual battery on a child eleven years of age or younger.1 Appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence of the victim's prior sexual acts with others. We agree and accordingly reverse and remand for a new trial.

This issue focuses on the definition of "injury" under section 794.022(2), Florida Statutes (1983), which...

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