District Court of Appeal of Florida

Convictions and sentences for aggravated battery on a pregnant woman is reversed and remanded where: 1) a jury instruction, as given, negated defendant's self-defense claim; 2) the trial court erred in considering improper grounds in arriving at his sentence; 3) the trial court improperly assessed costs of investigation and prosecution; and 4) a probation order erroneously reflected that he entered a plea despite the fact that he was found guilty after a jury trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/11/2006
• Published 10/11/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Susan D. Cline, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.


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