MENCOS v. STATE

No. 4D03-4003.

909 So.2d 349 (2005)

Jose Maria MENCOS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, Jeffrey N. Golant and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Claudine M. LaFrance, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, C.J.

The appellant, Jose Maria Mencos, was tried by a jury and convicted of committing lewd or lascivious molestation on a victim under the age of twelve, battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, and resisting an officer without violence. We affirm.

During the trial, the State introduced several statements by the child victim, J.A., which were objected to by the defense on hearsay grounds. Officer Hurley testified...

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