Opinion
No. 94-0629.
July 5, 1995.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Paul Backman, J.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Karen E. Ehrlich, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Sharon A. Wood, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
We reverse Appellant's convictions and sentences for indecent assault and remand for a new trial. The state acknowledges that it was error to deny the requested jury instruction on the lesser included offense of exposure under section 800.03, Florida Statutes (1993). See Herrington v. State, 538 So.2d 850 (Fla. 1989); Rigdon v. State, 621 So.2d 475 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). As the issue was not harmless, the convictions must be reversed. State v. Abreau, 363 So.2d 1063 (Fla. 1978); Acensio v. State, 497 So.2d 640 (Fla. 1986).
GUNTHER, C.J., and STONE and FARMER, JJ., concur.