Julio M. Duran v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: April 8, 2026
• Docket: 3D2024-1539
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed April 8, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1539 Lower Tribunal No. F20-6958 ________________

Julio M. Duran, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Lody Jean, Judge.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Nicholas A. Lynch, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Sandra Lipman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GORDO, BOKOR, and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See § 800.04(7)(a)(1), Fla. Stat. (2020). (“A person who

[i]ntentionally masturbates . . . in the presence of a victim who is less than

16 years of age, commits lewd or lascivious exhibition.”); Usry v. State, 118

So. 3d 988, 990 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013) (holding evidence that Usry intentionally

exposed himself at a school bus stop supports guilty verdict on lewd and

lascivious exhibition under section 800.04(7), Florida Statutes); State v.

Sholl, 18 So. 3d 1158, 1161 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) (holding jury could

reasonably infer from Sholl’s decision to expose himself during online chat

to someone whom he believed to be a thirteen-year-old girl that he was

intentionally acting in a lewd or lascivious manner for purposes of section

800.04(7), Florida States); see also Schmitt v. State, 590 So. 2d 404, 410

(Fla. 1991) (“Under Florida criminal law the terms ‘lewd’ and ‘lascivious’ are

synonymous: Both require an intentional act of sexual indulgence or public

indecency, when such act causes offense to one or more persons viewing it

or otherwise intrudes upon the rights of others.”).