Case ID: so2d_561/html/1284-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "PER CURIAM.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Thomas W. HICKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 89-03070.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
    May 23, 1990.
    Rehearing Denied June 14, 1990.
    Robert E. Turffs of Kanetsky, Moore & DeBoer, P.A., Venice, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joseph R. Bryant, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Thomas Hicks appeals his conviction for use of a child in a sexual performance. § 827.071(2), Fla.Stat. (1989). The sole issue is whether a defendant’s ignorance of the victim’s age constitutes a viable defense. For the same public policy reasons that were set forth in our recent decision State v. Sorakrai, 543 So.2d 294 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989), dealing with a violation of section 800.04(2) (lewd assault upon a child), we hold that it does not.

Affirmed.

RYDER, A.C.J., and DANAHY and FRANK, JJ., concur.