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LENTZ v. STATE

No. BH-170.

498 So.2d 986 (1986)

Paul Clair LENTZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen, Public Defender, Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLS, Judge.

Lentz appeals from a conviction of attempted first degree murder with a firearm. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In September 1983, after discovering that the victim had been having an affair with his wife, Lentz shot the victim several times. His only defense to the resulting charge of attempted first degree murder was insanity at the time of the offense. The expert evidence at trial was sharply conflicting on that issue. In his closing...

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