HERRERA v. STATE

No. 92-02021.

625 So.2d 1240 (1993)

Francisco Javier HERRERA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin S. Waxman and Frederick S. Robbins of Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel & Raben, P.A., Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sue R. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Francisco Javier Herrera, challenges his convictions and sentences for seven counts of capital sexual battery on a child under twelve years of age and two counts of committing a lewd act on a child. We affirm.

While appellant raises several issues in this appeal, he primarily alleges that the trial judge committed fundamental error by qualifying the child victim as a competent witness in the presence of the jury. Appellant...

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