RIVAS v. STATE

No. 1D2022-2485.

375 So.3d 384 (2023)

Rene Elmer RIVAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 6, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica J. Yeary , Public Defender, and Richard M. Bracey III , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Daren L. Shippy , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


A jury found Rene Elmer Rivas guilty of (1) sexual battery on a person less than twelve years old and (2) lewd or lascivious molestation. The trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment. Rivas now appeals, and we affirm.

At trial, the victim testified that when she was seven years old, Rivas molested and raped her while she...

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