WILSON v. STATE

No. 4150.

171 So.2d 903 (1965)

Arthur WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

February 24, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Duffy, Clearwater, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert G. Stokes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


FARRINGTON, OTIS, Associate Judge.

Appellant Arthur Wilson, seeks reversal of the judgment of conviction and prison sentence imposed pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of murder in the second degree.

At the trial Wilson admitted the fatal shooting of John Henry Cannida, but testified that he shot Cannida with a pistol in self-defense while trying to retreat from the scene following an argument punctuated with curses, threats to kill and menacing...

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