STATE v. ROBERTS

No. 92-01544.

616 So.2d 79 (1993)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Felicia ROBERTS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Brenda S. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Megan Olson, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellee.


CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

The state challenges the trial court's order granting appellee's motion for a new trial. The jury found appellee guilty of second degree murder with a firearm (Count I) and aggravated assault with a firearm (Count II). The court, however, granted appellee's motion for a new trial on the basis of three asserted errors: (1) Improper jury instruction on Count II; (2) improper encouragement to reach a verdict in one day; and (3) improper...

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