STATE v. VAN HORN

No. 87-1348.

528 So.2d 529 (1988)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Gary VAN HORN, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allen Giambalvo, Asst. Public Defender, Clearwater, for appellee.


FRANK, Judge.

In responding to the state's appeal from an order granting Van Horn's motion for a judgment of not guilty by reason of insanity, we need not recount the extensive testimony of the lay and expert witnesses, the details associated with the homicide, or the events preceding the trial. The great pains taken by the trial court in evaluating the evidence and the pertinent legal doctrines have not gone unnoticed. Nonetheless, the wrong result was reached, and...

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