TORRES v. STATE

No. 3D02-81.

834 So.2d 342 (2003)

Fermin TORRES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Siobhan Helene Shea, Special Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Michael Neimand, Assistant Attorney General, and Marni A. Bryson, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and RAMIREZ, J., and NESBITT, Senior Judge.


RAMIREZ, J.

Fermin Torres appeals his convictions for second degree murder with a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony. We affirm because the testimony as to Torres' prior threat to kill Alfredo Sanchez was properly admitted.

Sanchez was shot in the head at close range. Julio Deoca found Sanchez dead at the entrance to his home. Deoca owned the farm where Sanchez lived and went to the Sanchez trailer after receiving several...

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