Hilwon Torres Martinez, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee. (2025)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Hilwon Torres Martinez, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D23-2179

Decided: October 15, 2025

Before LOGUE, GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Deborah Prager, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Camilo Montoya, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Reyna v. State, 302 So. 3d 1025, 1031 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (“For collateral sex crimes to be admissible, courts have applied section 90.404(2)(c) to require significant similarity between the collateral evidence and the charged crime, evidence so similar and specific that it resembles a clear pattern of conduct․ Courts find adequate similarity under 90.404(2)(c) when the defendant's conduct conforms to an identifiable pattern.”).

PER CURIAM.

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