District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction and sentence for sexual abuse crimes against a minor is reversed where the trial court erred by allowing the state to introduce defendant's confession into evidence pursuant to Florida Statutes section 92.565(2), which creates an exception to the corpus delicti rule for certain sexual abuse crimes, based on the victim's refusal to cooperate with the prosecution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/21/2006
• Published 12/21/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Dale C. Carson, Jacksonville, and John M. Merrett, Jacksonville, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.