DARREN LEE BUTLER, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court held that the trial court did not err in denying motions to suppress the defendant's confession and the child victim's hearsay statements.
The defendant was convicted of sexual battery on a child. He appealed the denial of his motions to suppress his confession and the child victim's hear…
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PER CURIAM.
Butler appeals from his conviction for sexual battery on a child less than twelve years of age. We affirm.
Prior to trial, Butler filed a motion to suppress his confession and a motion in limine to prohibit introduction of the child-victim’s hearsay statements to her mother and to two members of the child protection team. We find no error in the trial court’s detailed orders denying these motions. We further find that the trial court properly applied section 92.565, Florida Statutes (2006), in permitting the State to introduce Butler’s confession without the State first being required to prove the corpus delicti of the crime. See Bradley v. State, 918 So. 2d 387 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005); State v. Dionne, 814 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002).
To the extent that there was any error in permitting a child protection team nurse to opine that the child was a victim of sexual abuse, the error would have been harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. DiGuilio, 491 So. 2d 1129 (Fla. 1986).
AFFIRMED.
GRIFFIN, ORFINGER and EVANDER, JJ., concur.
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- State v. DiGUILIO, 491 So. 2d 1129 (Fla. 1986)
- State v. Dionne, 814 So. 2d 1087 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)