Case Name: John KITTRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-07-19
Citations: 125 So. 3d 1027
Docket Number: No. 5D11-3563
Parties: John KITTRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: TORPY, C.J., LAWSON and BERGER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 125
Pages: 1027–1028

Head Matter:
John KITTRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D11-3563.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
July 19, 2013.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Rose M. Levering, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges his convictions and sentences on ten counts of capital sexual battery, eight counts of lewd or lascivious molestation, and one count of lewd or lascivious exhibition. We affirm the convictions and sentences on all counts except Counts 1, 4, 8, 15 and 19. Because the State failed to introduce independent evidence to prove these counts, it was error to admit Appellant's confession to these crimes and Appellant is entitled to a new trial. See Corona v. State, 64 So.3d 1232 (Fla.2011) (ordering new trial after concluding that without confession, permissible evidence failed to establish corpus de-licti of charged crime).
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part and REMANDED.
TORPY, C.J., LAWSON and BERGER, JJ., concur.
. No attempt was made to introduce the confession pursuant to section 92.565, Florida Statutes (2011).