TOWNSEND v. STATE

No. 91-1396.

613 So.2d 534 (1993)

Jack Timothy TOWNSEND, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

January 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Kontos and Daniel S. Ciener of the Law Firm of Daniel S. Ciener, Merritt Island, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anthony Golden and Judy Taylor Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

EN BANC


HARRIS, Judge.

Jack Timothy Townsend appeals from his conviction of sexual battery. Because we find that the record does not support the introduction into evidence of the hearsay statements of the alleged child victim, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Townsend is either guilty of one of the most heinous offenses enjoined by civilized society — the sexual abuse of his own child — or is the hapless victim of the most vicious child manipulation...

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