MELLINS v. STATE

No. 80-594.

395 So.2d 1207 (1981)

Cassandra MELLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. Schwartz, Hollywood, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HERSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of and sentenced for battery on a police officer. She appeals that conviction ascribing as reversible error the refusal of the trial court to give a jury instruction on the defense of voluntary intoxication. That instruction should have been given and we therefore reverse and remand the case to the lower tribunal for a new trial.

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