HELLMAN v. STATE

No. 84-1900.

492 So.2d 1368 (1986)

Otto HELLMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Gary Caldwell, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Amy Diem, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

We affirm appellant's conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence of life imprisonment.

There are four issues, which we have restated:

I. Whether the trial court erred by denying the criminal defendant's motion for mistrial when a psychologist witness volunteered that the criterion for involuntary commitment was being a danger to oneself and others. We conclude it did not.

II. Whether the trial court erred by refusing...

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