WARREN v. STATE

No. 89-1998.

577 So.2d 682 (1991)

Joseph WARREN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Linthicum, Public Defender, and Nancy L. Showalter, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Laura Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


BARFIELD, Judge.

Warren appeals his conviction of one count of second degree murder. We reverse and remand for a new trial as we agree that Warren was improperly precluded from presenting certain evidence pertinent to his self-defense theory.

The murder victim was Sharon Taylor, appellant's former girlfriend, who was stabbed to death by Warren on February 8, 1989, after a series of confrontations between Taylor and appellant. At trial Warren introduced evidence...

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