Middlebrook v. State

FRANK, Judge.

James Middlebrook has appealed from convictions and sentences for eight offenses involving sexual activity with children. He has raised five issues relative to *1162his convictions and sentencings, but only one has merit.

The victims in this case, E.R. and B.R., are sister and brother. At the time of the offenses, E.R. was 10 and B.R. was 8. Middlebrook was their neighbor in the Old Carrollwood section of Tampa, and they first encountered him as he walked his dogs, one of which was especially endearing to the children. It became their custom to visit the workshop behind Middlebrook’s…