WHITEHEAD v. STATE

No. 82-1946.

450 So.2d 545 (1984)

Levi WHITEHEAD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Calvin, Miami, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Penny H. Brill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., DANIEL S. PEARSON, J., and ROBERT C. SCOTT, Associate Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Rejecting the defendant's primary contention on appeal from his conviction for second degree murder with a firearm over his claim of self-defense, we find no error and, even more certainly, no harm in the exclusion of the testimony of the persons involved in the incidents that the decedent had previously committed several violent acts, given the defendant's own undisputed testimony that these attacks had in fact occurred and that he was aware...

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