ANDERSON v. STATE

No. 76-2402.

362 So.2d 361 (1978)

Willie Mae ANDERSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Charles D. Peters, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Harry M. Hipler and Kenneth Spillias, Asst. Attys. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAUKSCH, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for murder in the First Degree and convicted of murder in the Second Degree after a jury trial. As tenuous as it might have been the appellant had a defense of justifiable homicide to present to the jury. She testified as to her acting in self defense, which, if sufficiently established, can permit the jury to acquit under the definition of justifiable homicide. After she testified...

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