ELLIS v. STATE

No. 98-03330.

740 So.2d 1215 (1999)

John W. ELLIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

August 13, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Gruwell of Law Offices of Mark A. Gruwell, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, John W. Ellis, challenges his judgments and sentences for capital sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery. Appellant was tried by jury and found guilty of both charges. We affirm.

Appellant argues that the trial judge abused his discretion in admitting the child victim's hearsay statements under the child victim exception and the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. The trial judge...

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