Case Name: Adam HEPBURN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-03-01
Citations: 520 So. 2d 322
Docket Number: No. 85-584
Parties: Adam HEPBURN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 520
Pages: 322–323

Head Matter:
Adam HEPBURN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-584.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
March 1, 1988.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Marti Rothenberg, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joni B. Braunstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant was convicted of committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a child in violation of section 800.04, Florida Statutes (Supp.1984). Under the statute, it is a second-degree felony for a person to handle or fondle children younger than sixteen years of age in a lewd, lascivious, or indecent manner. We reject the defendant's argument that the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient to sustain his conviction. His argument is nothing more than a veiled challenge to the weight and credit given by the jury to the testimony of the 12-year-old victim and her 8-year-old playmate. Tibbs v. State, 397 So.2d 1120, 1125 (Fla.1981), affirmed, 457 U.S. 31, 102 S.Ct. 2211, 72 L.Ed.2d 652 (1982).
Accordingly, we affirm the defendant's conviction.