Hernandez v. State, 82-539
| Decision Date | 19 January 1983 |
| Docket Number | No. 82-539,82-539 |
| Citation | 425 So.2d 213 |
| Parties | Reinaldo HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., and James P. McLane, Certified Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Defendant was convicted of burglary and sexual battery and sentenced to a term of 99 years with the trial court retaining jurisdiction for one-third of that sentence. Defendant appeals. We affirm.
The trial court failed to make the requisite statement of its findings of fact under Florida Statute 947.16(3)(a) (1981), but defendant did not object or preserve this error in the trial court. We affirm as to this point but without prejudice to defendant's right to present same to the trial court via Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, if he is so advised. Sawyer v. State, 401 So.2d 939 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981) and McFadden v. State, 423 So.2d 456 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982).
Defendant's remaining points on appeal are either without merit or have not been preserved for appellate review.
Affirmed.
ANSTEAD, J., concurs specially with opinion.
I concur in all respects with the majority opinion and write separately only as to one issue. The appellant was charged with and convicted of sexual battery and burglary with the intent to commit a sexual battery upon a named victim, and in the course of which he committed an assault upon the same female victim. The information did not list the elements of the assault charged and at trial the trial court did not instruct the jury on the technical elements of assault. However, it is clear from the record that at all times the court, the state and the defendant were acting under the assumption that the sexual battery charged as a separate offense and also referred to in the burglary charge was the "assault" referred to in the burglary charge. Of course, the jury was instructed on the elements of the sexual battery. Now, for the first time, the appellant is complaining on appeal about the trial court's failure to instruct on the technical elements of assault. I believe any error in this regard has been waived. In Lindsey v. State, 416 So.2d 471 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), this court held...
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