District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction and sentence for violating Florida Statutes section 847.0135(3), involving online child sex offenses, is affirmed over claims that: 1) the trial court invaded the province of the jury by answering a jury's question in a way that instructed the jury how to decide a factual issue; and 2) the trial court erred by denying a motion for judgment of acquittal as the evidence presented at trial did not constitute solicitation sufficient for conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/22/2006
• Published 11/22/2006

Judges

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.