Weaver v. State

The defendant, Jerry Weaver, was charged with three first-degree felonies of aggravated child abuse by malicious punishment (in violation of section 827.03(l)(a)2, Florida Statutes (2014)), committed upon his daughter, Y.M., all acts allegedly occurring on May 18, 2014. 1

Following a jury trial, Weaver was found guilty as charged in Counts One and Three. As to Count Two, Weaver was found guilty of the lesser-included offense of child abuse, a third-degree felony (section 827.03(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2014)). The trial court entered judgments of conviction for each of these offenses.…