Case Name: Don SCHOLEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1974-06-04
Citations: 295 So. 2d 645
Docket Number: No. 73-1218
Parties: Don SCHOLEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON, CARROLL and HAVERFIELD, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 295
Pages: 645–646

Head Matter:
Don SCHOLEN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 73-1218.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 4, 1974.
Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Kathleen Gallagher, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and J. Robert Olian, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before PEARSON, CARROLL and HAVERFIELD, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Defendant-appellant was informed against, tried by jury, found guilty and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the state penitentiary for assault with intent to commit rape.
Defendant contends that the trial court erred in denying defense counsel's motion for judgment of acquittal where the evidence was insufficient to prove the requi site intent necessary to sustain a conviction for assault with intent to commit rape because the defendant desisted during the act.
After a review of the record on appeal, we conclude that the factual issue of defendant's voluntary desistance before consummation was submitted properly to the jury and there being sufficient competent evidence contained therein to support the jury in its verdict, we will not disturb the judgment. See 2 Fla.Jur. Appeal § 344 (1963).
Accordingly, the judgment herein appealed is affirmed.
Affirmed.