Vernord Lavon Bright v. State of Florida

Appellant, Vernord Lavon Bright, challenges his convictions and sentences for two counts of sexual battery with a deadly weapon. Appellant raises several issues but we write only to address the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal (JOA) on one of the two counts. Because we find that the evidence that Appellant used or threatened to use a deadly weapon in the process of committing the first sexual battery was legally insufficient, we reverse that conviction and remand for entry of judgment of conviction for sexual battery without, a deadly weapon. We reject Appellant’s…