Case Name: Sidney RUBIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-04-02
Citations: 578 So. 2d 331
Docket Number: No. 90-2491
Parties: Sidney RUBIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before BASKIN, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 578
Pages: 331–331

Head Matter:
Sidney RUBIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-2491.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 2, 1991.
Rehearing Denied May 1, 1991.
Rubin, Rubin & Fuqua, and A. Hinda Klein, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Anita J. Gay, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before BASKIN, COPE and GERSTEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Sidney Rubin appeals his conviction for two counts of attempt to commit a lewd and lascivious act in the presence of a child under the age of sixteen years. See § 800.04(3), Fla.Stat. (1989). We conclude, contrary to defendant's contention, that the evidence showed overt acts by defendant toward the commission of the charged offenses, see § 777.04, Fla.Stat. (1989), and that the motion for judgment of acquittal was properly denied. See T.J.T. v. State, 460 So.2d 508, 510 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984). We also conclude that an attempt to commit a lewd and lascivious act under section 800.-04, Florida Statutes (1989), is a crime. Davis v. State, 527 So.2d 962, 964 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988).
Affirmed.