OWENS v. STATE

No. 72-396.

273 So.2d 788 (1973)

Peter D. OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 8, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett A. Moran and James K. Freeland, Orlando, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William W. Herring, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant killed his wife with a single shot from a pistol. Although he asserted that it was accidental, he was charged with and convicted of second degree murder. On this appeal he contends that it was prejudicial error for the court to permit a State witness to testify as to a conversation he had overheard in which the defendant spoke of having turned down the State's offer to plead guilty to the charge of manslaughter because of his confidence in his...

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