WOODS v. STATE

No. 4D10-2054.

92 So.3d 890 (2012)

Nolan M. WOODS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony P. Ryan , Regional Counsel, and Louis G. Carres , Special Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Georgina Jimenez-Orosa , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


STEVENSON, J.

The defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for sexual battery on a person less than twelve years of age. Because the trial court erred in excluding a critical prior inconsistent statement of the victim, we reverse.

The salient testimony at trial can be briefly summarized. M.O., the victim in this case, is the defendant's granddaughter and was ten years old at the time of trial. The victim testified at trial that one night when her mother...

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