CUC v. STATE

No. 4D01-4886.

834 So.2d 378 (2003)

Ellen Marie CUC, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 15, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Allen J. DeWeese, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Frank J. Ingrassia, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


SHAHOOD, J.

The seminal issue raised by appellant, Ellen Marie Cuc, is that the trial court violated her right to due process of law under the Florida and United States Constitutions when it excluded the defense of voluntary intoxication pursuant to section 775.051, Florida Statutes (2000). We affirm.

Appellant acknowledges that the United States Supreme Court held in Montana v. Egelhoff, 518 U.S. 37, 116 S.Ct. 2013,...

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