MENDEZ v. STATE

No. 5D06-2972.

961 So.2d 1088 (2007)

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

July 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence E. Kehoe of Law Offices of Terrence E. Kehoe, Orlando, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Carlos A. Ivanor, Jr., and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistants Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


TORPY, J.

Appellant challenges his convictions for sexual battery on a victim less than twelve years of age and lewd and lascivious molestation of that same victim. Appellant's principal point on appeal relates to the admission of collateral crime evidence of a prior molestation concerning a different victim. We conclude that no abuse of discretion has been shown on this point and affirm the conviction.1

Appellant met the victim...

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