Hilwon Torres Martinez v. State of Florida

CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
DecidedOctober 15, 2025
Docket3D2023-2179
StatusPublished

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Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed October 15, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D23-2179 Lower Tribunal No. F20-7989 ________________

Hilwon Torres Martinez, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Miguel M. de la O, Judge.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Deborah Prager, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Camilo Montoya, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, GORDO and LOBREE, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See Reyna v. State, 302 So. 3d 1025, 1031 (Fla. 4th DCA

2020) (“For collateral sex crimes to be admissible, courts have applied

section 90.404(2)(c) to require significant similarity between the collateral

evidence and the charged crime, evidence so similar and specific that it

resembles a clear pattern of conduct. . . . Courts find adequate similarity

under 90.404(2)(c) when the defendant’s conduct conforms to an identifiable

pattern.”).

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