DIAS v. STATE

No. 4D99-4033.

812 So.2d 487 (2002)

Robert DIAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied April 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Marcy K. Allen, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David M. Schultz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

Appellant challenges his conviction for attempted second degree murder, raising four issues. First, he claims that the court should have granted a judgment of acquittal because his claim of self-defense was unrebutted. Second, he contends that the jury instructions on his defenses were misleading and constituted fundamental error. Third, he argues that the court erroneously admitted a knife found in his van that was not definitively identified as the weapon...

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