District Court of Appeal of Florida

Defendant's conviction for second degree murder is reversed pursuant to a claim that the trial court erred in denying him the right to present a defense to the murder charge by excluding evidence which would have supported that defense and by denying his request for an independent act jury instruction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2006
• Published 01/25/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Michael Antinori, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.