SAUZ v. State

MORRIS, Judge.

Jesus Sauz appeals his judgments and sentences for lewd battery and resisting an officer without violence. Sauz raises several issues on appeal, but we find merit only in his argument that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment of acquittal as to the resisting an officer without violence charge.

I. Facts

Sauz was charged with lewd battery after he had sex with a thirteen-year-old girl. The resisting an officer without violence charge arose after Sauz lied about his identity to Detective Sherry Doty, the detective investigating the lewd battery. At the time…