Case Name: Albert Lee BECK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-04-30
Citations: 732 So. 2d 427
Docket Number: No. 98-1276
Parties: Albert Lee BECK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 732
Pages: 427–428

Head Matter:
Albert Lee BECK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-1276.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 30, 1999.
Rehearing Denied June 3, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Mark E. Walker, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Denise O. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Conviction of a nonexistent crime is fundamental error. Under section 800.04, Florida Statutes (1997), "one cannot be convicted of a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 12 years of age for conduct that . constitutes the crime of sexual battery." Jozens v. State, 649 So.2d 322, 323 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995). Since it is impossible to tell from the general verdict whether the jury convicted on this basis, the conviction on count two must be reversed and the case must be remanded for a new trial. See Mungin v. State, 689 So.2d 1026, 1030 (Fla.1995).
Reversed and remanded.
ERVIN and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.
BOOTH, J., DISSENTS.