BUSH v. STATE

Case Nos. 87-737, 87-2315.

543 So.2d 283 (1989)

Richard O. BUSH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John T. Kilcrease, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Richard O. Bush, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Candance M. Sunderland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


DANAHY, Acting Chief Judge.

Richard Bush appeals his convictions and sentences for two counts of manslaughter and one count of throwing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle. We find that reversible error occurred in the exclusion of certain evidence relevant to Bush's defense to the two homicides, and we reverse for a new trial on those charges.

The manslaughter charges stem from the deaths of Matthew Mullin and Ted Butcher on June 15, 1986, in Ft. Myers...

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