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MATLAGA v. STATE

No. 4D99-3486.

764 So.2d 922 (2000)

Iaroslav MATLAGA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 16, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Sophia Letts, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Consuelo Maingot, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

POLEN, J.

Iaroslav Matlaga timely appeals after a jury convicted him of two counts of attempted second degree murder.1 We affirm his convictions because there is competent substantial evidence in the record that supports he was legally sane at the time of the offenses. However, we hold that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to continue the sentencing hearing in order to obtain his medical records from the Ukraine...

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