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CHESTNUT v. STATE

No. 70628.

538 So.2d 820 (1989)

Adam Blaine CHESTNUT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender and Paula A. Saunders, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Royall P. Terry, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent.

GRIMES, Justice.

This is a petition to review the First District Court of Appeal's decision in Chestnut v. State, 505 So.2d 1352 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987), which held that evidence of diminished mental capacity was inadmissible to negate the specific intent required to convict of first-degree premeditated murder. The district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

Is evidence of an abnormal...

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