HERNANDEZ v. STATE

No. 4D01-2526.

842 So.2d 1049 (2003)

Carlos HERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Kulik, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, J.

Appellant was convicted for manslaughter with a deadly weapon and sentenced to fourteen years in prison. He makes several claims of trial court error. Principally, we address whether the court erred in denying a judgment of acquittal, as appellant claims the evidence failed to exclude the reasonable hypothesis of self-defense. We conclude that a jury question was presented, and affirm.

On the night of the victim's death, appellant and several of...

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