MAULDIN v. STATE

No. FF-413.

351 So.2d 753 (1977)

Rubin James MAULDIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

There was no reversible error in the trial court's refusal to charge the jury that insanity may result from extended and habitual intoxication. Appropriate charges were given on insanity and on intoxication as rendering a person incapable of a crime requiring specific intent. The jury convicted of murder in the first degree, obviously persuaded that appellant intended the death of the deceased. The charge that "voluntary drunkenness or intoxication does...

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