Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 16, 1998No. 97-1428Published

1Opinion of the Court

W. SHARP, Judge.

Jones appeals from his judgment and sentences for two counts of lewd and lascivious assault on a child,1 and the sentences imposed following revocation of his probation in three earlier cases. He presents three issues on appeal, only one of which has merit.

First, Jones argues that the trial court erred in refusing to give a lesser included offense instruction — committing an unnatural and lascivious act pursuant to section 800.02 — in conjunction with the court’s charge on lewd and lascivious assault on a child. See Williams v. State, 627 So.2d 1279 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993). It…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  2. Fance v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  3. Burks v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  4. Diaz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992

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