Hughes v. State

Appellant Thomas Hughes was charged and found guilty by a jury of one count of sexual battery while in a position of familial authority pursuant to section 794.011(8)(b), Florida Statutes (1997), and one count of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child pursuant to section 800.04, Florida Statutes (1997). Appellant argues that: (i) the trial court erred by allowing the prosecutor to make references to the alleged failed results of Appellant’s voice stress test, (ii) the trial court erred by allowing a partition to be placed between the testifying minor victim and the defendant, and (iii) the…