RUSSELL v. STATE

No. 78-2259.

373 So.2d 97 (1979)

Bruce RUSSELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Jagger, Public Defender, and William G. Sestak, Asst. Public Defender, Dade City, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Chief Judge.

Following an episode during which appellant stole a carton of cigarettes from a supermarket and then fought with the police officers who arrested him for that offense, the state charged appellant with two counts of battery of a law enforcement officer, petit theft, and disorderly intoxication. At the trial, appellant sought to have the court instruct the jury on the defense of voluntary intoxication with respect to the first three charges. The...

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