J.W.C. v. STATE

No. 89-2289.

573 So.2d 1064 (1991)

J.W.C., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Glen P. Gifford, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and David G. Mersch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant contends the trial court erred in denying his motion for acquittal because there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction of sexual battery. Although appellant was charged in the alternative with the commission of a sexual battery upon a child less than twelve (12) years of age "by causing his finger to unite/penetrate her vagina," evidence of digital union is clearly insufficient to support a charge of sexual battery. See Wallis...

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