Pringle v. State

CASANUEVA, Judge.

Clarence Pringle was accused of sexually molesting a young teenage girl while her family and his were on a weekend campout together. He was tried before a jury on two counts: sexual battery on a person twelve years of age or older, a second-degree felony violation of section 794.011(5), Florida Statutes (2006); and lewd and lascivious molestation, a second-degree felony violation of section 800.04(5)(a), Florida Statutes (2006). He was found guilty of both counts, declared a sexual predator, and sentenced to fifteen years’ incarceration on the first count only. He appeals,…