Willie Dozier v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJanuary 22, 2020
Docket1D18-0597
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D18-0597
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WILLIE DOZIER,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Leon County.
Angela C. Dempsey, Judge.
January 22, 2020
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING AND TO CORRECT OR CLARIFY
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
We deny appellant’s motion for rehearing but grant the
motion to correct opinion. We, therefore, withdraw this court’s
opinion dated November 1, 2019, and substitute the following
opinion in its place.
Appellant was convicted of two counts of sexual battery on a
child under age twelve by a person over age eighteen and one count
of simple battery. We affirm appellant’s judgments and sentences
on counts one and two without further comment.
As to the third count, we find the trial court erred in denying
appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the sexual battery
because the State failed to present evidence establishing union
between appellant’s penis and the child victim’s anus.
We thus AFFIRM appellant’s judgments and sentences on
counts one and two, REVERSE appellant’s judgment and sentence
on count three and REMAND with directions for the trial court to
adjudicate appellant guilty of the offense of battery as to that count
and resentence appellant accordingly. Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.620; State
v. Harris, 660 So. 2d 285, 286-87 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).
WOLF, KELSEY, 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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Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Pamela D. Presnell, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Quentin Humphrey,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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