BRUTON v. STATE

No. 76-860.

347 So.2d 123 (1977)

Leon BRUTON and Holley C. Taylor, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Frank B. Kessler, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The issue here is whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as to the definition of reasonable doubt contained in the 1970 Florida Standard Jury Instructions. We find no error and affirm.

The trial court gave the jury an instruction on reasonable doubt contained in the Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, Second Edition (1976).1 A request to give an instruction on reasonable doubt...

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