Wilson v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Per curiam
We affirm appellant’s conviction and sentence for attempted lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under twelve years old. Appellant raises two issues, neither of which merit reversal. First, he contends the court should have granted his motion for judgment of acquittal because the state failed to exclude his reasonable hypothesis of innocence. He cites circumstantial evidence cases for the proposition that where the only evidence against a defendant is circumstantial, the state must present evidence sufficient to exclude every reasonable hypothesis of defendant’s innocence. See Durrant v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pagan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Henry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1978
- Everett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- Gonzalez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Durrant v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
3Cited by1 opinion
- Perkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010