GIROUX v. STATE

No. 4D06-2083.

955 So.2d 656 (2007)

Alvin GIROUX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Richard B. Greene, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was convicted of lewd and lascivious molestation of his stepdaughter by touching her vaginal area over her clothing. While he contends that the evidence was legally insufficient and required a judgment of acquittal, we disagree. Not only did the child and the mother see the appellant remove his hand from the child's clothing, but when confronted by the mother, he essentially admitted to the conduct. The evidence met the elements of the statute...

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