Case Name: Costa T. VATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-03-12
Citations: 729 So. 2d 453
Docket Number: No. 97-3228
Parties: Costa T. VATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, BOOTH, and BENTON, JJ„ CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 729
Pages: 453–453

Head Matter:
Costa T. VATHIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-3228.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 12, 1999.
Rehearing Denied April 14, 1999.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Laura Fullerton Lopez, Assistant Attorney General; James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove the elements of capital sexual battery and lewd, lascivious, or indecent assault. Even though the defense put on evidence, appellant was under no obligation thereafter to renew the motion for judgment of acquittal he made at the close of the state's evidence. See Morris v. State, 721 So.2d 725, 726 (Fla.1998). But that motion did not preserve the sufficiency points now argued on appeal. See, e.g., Clark v. State, 635 So.2d 68, 68-69 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994); Showers v. State, 570 So.2d 377, 378 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); Cornwell v. State, 425 So.2d 1189, 1190 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). The motion for judgment of acquittal made at the close of the state's case raised only the issue of the perpetrator's identity. See G.W.B. v. State, 340 So.2d 969, 970 (Fla. 1st DCA 1976), cert. denied, 348 So.2d 948 (Fla.1977). The evidence of appellant's identity was more than sufficient.
AFFIRMED.
ERVIN, BOOTH, and BENTON, JJ" CONCUR.