ARMSTRONG v. STATE

No. 70-100.

243 So.2d 181 (1971)

William ARMSTRONG, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund, McDaniel & Garrard, Lake Alfred, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Michael N. Kavouklis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


LILES, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with second degree murder. He was tried by jury and found guilty of manslaughter. He was subsequently adjudicated to be guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of ten years in state prison. He appeals the judgment and assigns as error the court's refusal to allow evidence of the violent and dangerous character of the deceased to be presented to the jury.

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