LOFTIN v. STATE

No. 5D07-2540.

991 So.2d 402 (2008)

Michael Alan LOFTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Noel A. Pelella, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

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


COHEN, J.

Michael Loftin appeals his conviction of eight counts for lewd and lascivious molestation by challenging the admission of certain evidence and its use during the prosecutor's closing argument. We affirm.

The victim, J.V., was a developmentally impaired fifteen-year-old boy Loftin met and befriended. Loftin later obtained the consent of J.V.'s parents for him to work with Loftin on a farm. J.V. primarily worked on weekends and began spending nights...

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