GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. 57-18.

96 So.2d 424 (1957)

Horace GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Courshon & Fink, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PEARSON, Judge.

The appellant, Griffin, was indicted for murder in the first degree, and was convicted of murder in the second degree. The pleas interposed were (1) not guilty, and (2) not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. At the conclusion of all the evidence the trial court refused to instruct upon the issue raised by the plea "not guilty by reason of temporary insanity", although there was some evidence in support of this plea. The refusal to instruct on...

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