Wendell v. State

Full title: CHARLES CHRISTOPHER WENDELL, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court: FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA

Date published: Jan 21, 2020

289 So. 3d 872 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 1D18-4156

01-21-2020

Charles Christopher WENDELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Victor Holder, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Damaris E. Reynolds, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Andy Thomas, Public Defender, and Victor Holder, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Damaris E. Reynolds, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Per Curiam.

AFFIRMED . See Bell v. State , 798 So. 2d 47, 48 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001) (holding that in a prosecution of sexual battery of a child, evidence of physical abuse against the child's mother was admissible to explain why the victim had not earlier reported the crime for fear of the defendant's retribution); see also State v. Hogan , 451 So. 2d 844, 845-46 (Fla. 1984) (concluding that a twelve-person jury is not required in prosecutions of sexual battery of a child).

Roberts, Osterhaus, and M.K. Thomas, JJ., concur.