Gregory Council v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtSwanson, J.
In this appeal from his conviction for aggravated child abuse, appellant raises two claims: (1) the trial court abused its discretion by excluding the testimony of appellant’s biomechanics expert that the victim could have been injured in an accident; and (2) the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal because the state’s circumstantial evidence was not inconsistent with his reasonable hypotheses of innocence. We affirm as to the second claim without further discussion. See State v. Law, 559 So.2d 187 (Fla.1989). However, we reverse as to the first claim and…
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