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Dean Michael COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 2D06-4860

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District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District. Dean Michael COX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 2D06-4860. Feb. 6, 2009. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Chet A. Tharpe, Judge. Laura Griffin, Ponte Vedra Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Coombs Cline, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. *1 Dean Cox challenges his aggravated child abuse conviction for which he was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment.FN1The charged events occurred on July 16, 2004, and involved Cox’s eight-year-old son, B.C., and six-year-old son, C.C. Because Cox’s conduct does not constitute the crime of aggravated child abuse, his conviction is fundamentally erroneous and must be reversed...continue to full post

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