District Court of Appeal of Florida

Defendant's convictions for first degree murder and robbery is reversed as to the robbery conviction where the trial court abused its discretion in denying defendant's requested jury instruction regarding taking property of the victim as an afterthought where there was some evidence presented to support his theory.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/10/2006
• Published 03/10/2006

Judges

• PLEUS, C.J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and David S. Morgan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.