BROWN v. STATE

No. 91-2921.

610 So.2d 579 (1992)

Bernard Vernon BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, John S. Lynch, Special Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Charlie McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


KAHN, Judge.

On March 1, 1990, appellant Bernard Vernon Brown shot and killed Archie Richardson at the Hilltop Apartments in Jacksonville. Appellant did not deny that he shot Richardson, but maintained that such shooting was justifiable because of appellant's well-founded fear that Richardson was armed and posed a threat of immediate great bodily harm to appellant. Brown claimed he did not know he had killed Richardson. Upon learning that Archie Richardson was indeed...

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