STEWART v. STATE

No. 71-1213.

266 So.2d 163 (1972)

Louis Henry STEWART, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender and Alan S. Becker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and J. Robert Olian, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, C.J., and PEARSON and CHARLES CARROLL, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is by the defendant from conviction of manslaughter, for which a ten-year imprisonment sentence was imposed. The information filed against him was for second degree murder. The defendant waived trial by jury, and the case was tried before the court.

The appellant contends the conviction was unwarranted because the evidence showed the killing was in self-defense. The evidence on that issue, as presented in testimony of witnesses for...

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