Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jason DELANEY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-04-06
Citations: 781 So. 2d 542
Docket Number: No. 5D99-3186
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jason DELANEY, Appellee.
Judges: COBB, PETERSON and SAWAYA, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 781
Pages: 542–542

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Jason DELANEY, Appellee.
No. 5D99-3186.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
April 6, 2001.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Rosemarie Farrell, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. State v. Rife, 733 So.2d 541 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999). We also grant the State's request to certify the following question also certified in Rife:
ALTHOUGH WILLINGNESS OR CONSENT OF THE MINOR IS NOT A DEFENSE TO SEXUAL BATTERY OF A MINOR, MAY IT BE CONSIDERED BY THE COURT AS A MITIGATING FACTOR IN SENTENCING?
AFFIRMED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.
COBB, PETERSON and SAWAYA, JJ., concur.