LESCHKA v. STATE

No. 95-02006.

691 So.2d 535 (1997)

Viktor LESCHKA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Allyn Giambalvo, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Scott A. Browne, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

In this appeal from convictions and sentences for aggravated battery and false imprisonment, the appellant claims reversible error occurred when the trial court failed to give a requested instruction on his defense of voluntary intoxication impairing his ability to form the element of specific intent for the crime of aggravated battery. We agree that there was error and that it was not harmless. Accordingly, we reverse for a new trial of the charge of...

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