PITTMAN v. STATE

No. AQ-54.

440 So.2d 657 (1983)

McCord Wayne PITTMAN, Anthony David Mond, Jeffrey Allen Russell, Enos Leroy Russell and Ernest Clifford Russell, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

November 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen, Public Defender, David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellants.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

In this criminal action, the issues on appeal relate to whether the trial court abused its discretion in limiting the amount of time for closing argument, whether one of the defendants should have been allowed to have the concluding argument before the jury, and whether the trial court should have charged the jury on a defendant's right to resist the use of unlawful or excessive force when being arrested.

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