BERRY v. STATE

No. 88-2939.

547 So.2d 969 (1989)

Lawrence BERRY, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friend & Fleck and Geoffrey Fleck, South Miami, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT and BASKIN, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

Lawrence Berry appeals his convictions for manslaughter and for shooting within an occupied dwelling. He alleges the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss a potential juror for cause, in failing to give the long-form jury instruction on excusable homicide, in denying his motions for judgment of acquittal, and in refusing to suppress statements he made to police. We affirm.

Lawrence Berry fatally shot Shawn Samuel. When the police arrived...

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