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SLUYTER v. STATE

No. 2D05-1501.

941 So.2d 1178 (2006)

Patrick SLUYTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elba Caridad Martin and John M. Klawikofsky, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.

DAVIS, Judge.

Patrick Sluyter appeals his judgment and sentence for two counts of sexual battery. Because the trial court improperly prevented Sluyter from presenting an insanity defense, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Sluyter was charged by information with two counts of sexual battery on a child less than twelve years of age. After examination by court-appointed experts, Sluyter filed his notice of intent to rely on an insanity defense based on a...

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