Melton v. State

The appellant, James Carmon Melton, challenges the trial court’s judgments and sentences. We find no merit in any of the appellant’s contentions regarding the admission of certain hearsay statements and, accordingly, affirm the convictions without discussion. However, we find that the trial court erred in imposing certain conditions of probation/community control.

The appellant pled not guilty to the charges of lewd act in the presence of a child (count I), sexual battery on a child under twelve (counts II, IV, and V), and lewd act on a child (count III), in violation of sections 800.04 and…