ACOSTA v. STATE

No. 4D01-2350.

825 So.2d 1076 (2002)

Nicholas ACOSTA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sandra Braverman, Assistant Attorney General, Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee.


KLEIN, J.

Appellant was found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as a result of an altercation with a customer at the auto repair shop which appellant managed. According to the customer, the argument over the repair charges culminated in appellant smashing the victim's windshield with a metal object, showering glass on the victim who was behind the wheel.

The police officer who arrived on the scene was uncertain, from what he had been told,...

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