Woods v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJune 24, 2026
Docket1D2025-0345
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2025-0345
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ANTONYO WOODS,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
J. Lee Marsh, Judge.
June 24, 2026
PER CURIAM.
Following a jury trial, Antonyo Woods appeals his conviction
and sentences for one count of first-degree felony murder and two
counts of aggravated child abuse by great bodily harm. We affirm
and write to address two issues.
Woods first claims that his two child abuse convictions violate
double jeopardy because they charge the same offense and
overlapping time periods. See Lee v. State, 258 So. 3d 1297, 1304
(Fla. 2018). But “for double jeopardy protection to apply, most
succinctly put, the offenses must be ‘the same in law and in fact.’”
Trappman v. State, 384 So. 3d 742, 747 (Fla. 2024) (quoting Burton
v. United States, 202 U.S. 344, 380 (1906)). Although the dates of
the two counts overlap, and they are the same in law, the
indictment makes separate factual allegations as to each count. As
the Court in Trappman made clear, “multiple punishments may
be imposed for distinct acts springing from successive impulses to
violate a single criminal prohibition in the course of a single
criminal episode.” Id. at 756 (citing Blockburger v. United States,
284 U.S. 299 (1932), and Graham v. State, 207 So. 3d 135 (Fla.
2017)).
Woods next argues that gruesome and cumulative autopsy
photographs of the two-year-old victim were more prejudicial than
probative. See § 90.403, Fla. Stat. (2025). However, the trial judge
did not abuse his discretion in determining that the probative
value of the photographs outweighed their prejudicial effect. See
Hampton v. State, 103 So. 3d 98, 115 (Fla. 2012) (citations omitted)
(“The admission of photographic evidence of a murder victim is
within the sound discretion of the trial court and its ruling will not
be disturbed on appeal absent abuse.”).
The State had to establish that the victim’s injuries were
caused by another person rather than an accident, and the injuries
were sufficient to cause the victim’s death or great bodily harm.
The photos of the internal injuries established that the injuries
and death was not an accident, and the injuries were severe. The
photos of the internal injuries also helped establish their timing
and that they occurred in Woods’ care. Here, given the relevance,
the allegedly gruesome nature of the photos did not result in unfair
prejudice that outweighed the significant probative value of the
photos. See Seibert v. State, 64 So. 3d 67, 88 (Fla. 2010)
(photograph of murder victim’s dismembered body was admissible
at a murder trial because it was relevant to show premeditation,
consciousness of guilt, sequence of events, and crime scene).
AFFIRMED.
LEWIS, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Kathryn Lane, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Michael Schaub,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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