PANTOJA v. STATE

No. 1D06-2810.

990 So.2d 626 (2008)

Juan PANTOJA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


LEWIS, J.

Juan Pantoja, Appellant, challenges his conviction and sentence for sexual battery and lewd or lascivious molestation. He raises two issues on appeal, and we affirm as to both issues. Only one of the issues, whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence that the victim recanted a prior accusation of molestation against another person, merits discussion. We hold that the trial court properly excluded this evidence under the well-settled rule that a...

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