Case Name: Peter James ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-09-19
Citations: 376 So. 2d 247
Docket Number: No. 77-2166/NT 4-20
Parties: Peter James ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD, HARRY LEE, and MOORE, JOHN H. II, Associate Judges, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 376
Pages: 247–247

Head Matter:
Peter James ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 77-2166/NT 4-20.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sept. 19, 1979.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, and Gary S. Israel, Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert L. Bogen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
WARREN, LAMAR, Associate Judge.
The appellant herein was indicted on two counts of involuntary sexual battery in violation of Section 794.011(2), Florida Statutes (1977), it being charged in count I that he did unlawfully commit a sexual battery upon a female person eleven years of age or younger, and in count II that he did injure the sexual organs of a female person eleven years of age or younger in an an attempt to commit sexual battery upon her.
Following a plea of not guilty to both counts certain motions were filed and denied. Subsequently, the plea of not guilty was withdrawn, and the record indicates that appellant moved the court to accept a plea of nolo contendere to the lesser charge of attempted involuntary sexual battery, reserving his right to appeal; the court accepted the plea and found him guilty of the lesser charge, withholding formal adjudication of guilt pending pre-sentence investigation. At a later date however appellant was formally adjudged guilty of attempted involuntary sexual battery as included in both counts; defense counsel objected to such adjudication on both offenses.
The court sentenced appellant on each count separately, with the sentences to run concurrently, the court stating that it was not sure if the two counts were part of the same transaction but that it could be straightened out on appeal.
Because it is our determination from a careful inspection of the record that the appellant intended to and did plead only to a single charge of attempted sexual battery the adjudication of guilt by the court as to both counts was error, and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.
Other points presented on appeal have been examined and found without merit.
Reversed in part and remanded.
ANSTEAD, HARRY LEE, and MOORE, JOHN H. II, Associate Judges, concur.