Case Name: Jason W. NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-12-01
Citations: 772 So. 2d 597
Docket Number: No. 5D00-380
Parties: Jason W. NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: THOMPSON, C.J., and PLEUS, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 772
Pages: 597–598

Head Matter:
Jason W. NEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D00-380.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 1, 2000.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and A.S. Rogers, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Alfred Washington, Jr.,Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
HARRIS, J.
Newell was convicted of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child and appeals. We affirm.
First, Newell contends the court erred in permitting the victim to testify that she saw him naked from the waist down on an occasion prior to the assault. This incident became relevant when New-ell urged that the inmate who testified that Newell had confessed to the crime had discovered that the victim had walked in on Newell while he was masturbating only from the discovery material that the inmate had improperly found in Newell's cell in Newell's absence. Since there was evidence that the cells were locked when the inmates were out of their cells, this evidence became relevant to corroborate the purported confession challenged by New-ell.
Newell also challenges the court's failure to give the lesser included instruction on unnatural and lascivious act. This objection was waived when the defense stated it had no objections to the instructions as given by the court.
AFFIRMED.
THOMPSON, C.J., and PLEUS, J., concur.