EVANS v. STATE

No. 82-1408.

432 So.2d 584 (1983)

Clara EVANS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow and Bryan E. Hopkins, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Theda James Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


LEHAN, Judge.

Appellant was charged with and convicted and sentenced for the second degree murder of her husband. We reverse.

Appellant raises two points on appeal. The first is that the denial of appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal was error. The second is that appellant's testimony on cross examination by the state, over appellant's objection and motion for mistrial, that she was a beneficiary on her husband's life insurance policies was improper...

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