Supreme Court of Florida

In sentencing a defendant for sexual battery of a minor, a court may consider the minor's consent even if consent is not a defense to the crime and even if the defendant was in a position of custodial or family authority over the victim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2001
• Published 04/12/2001

Judges

• PARIENTE, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Kenneth Witts and Barbara Davis, Assistant Public Defenders, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.