BATIZ v. STATE

Case No. 5D18-1831.

286 So.3d 841 (2019)

Yovany BATIZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Andrea K. Totten , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Yovany Batiz, a Honduran citizen, was convicted by a jury of lewd or lascivious molestation of a person less than sixteen years of age.1 On appeal, Batiz raises a number of issues. We affirm and write only to address Batiz's arguments related to state special maritime criminal jurisdiction pursuant to section...

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