STATE v. DAVIS

No. 81-300.

411 So.2d 1354 (1982)

The STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Joe DAVIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Paul Mendelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Robert R. Schrank, Asst. Public Defender, for appellee.

Before HUBBART, C.J., and BARKDULL and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant was charged with second degree murder and display of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The defense was self-defense. The jury acquitted the defendant of second degree murder, but convicted him of unlawful possession of a firearm. The trial court granted a new trial; the State appeals. We affirm.

The principal prosecution witness was the deceased's seven-year-old child. The trial court found her testimony not worthy of belief...

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