SABINE v. STATE

No. 2D04-5378.

58 So.3d 943 (2011)

Robert Franklin SABINE, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman , Public Defender, and Matthew D. Bernstein , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Elba C. Martin-Schomaker , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CASANUEVA, Chief Judge.

Robert Franklin Sabine, Jr., appeals his convictions for four counts of capital sexual battery on a person under the age of twelve and sixteen counts of lewd and lascivious battery. The twenty charges spanned five years of alleged sexual abuse by Mr. Sabine on his granddaughter. On appeal, Mr. Sabine raises four issues. We conclude that at least two issues constitute reversible error and merit discussion. We decline to engage in unnecessary...

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