FORD v. STATE

No. 5D02-2031.

848 So.2d 415 (2003)

Sirmontay FORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

June 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and A.S. Rogers, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PETERSON, J.

Sirmontay Ford was found guilty by jury verdict of robbery with a firearm. Ford contends that the trial judge's failure to give a complete instruction on the issue of his alibi requires a new trial. We agree, vacate the judgment of conviction and remand for a new trial.

The victim testified that he was walking home from his girlfriend's apartment around midnight when a person exited a white four-door Pontiac with dark tinted widows. That person...

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