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CLARK v. STATE

No. 3D01-3513.

861 So.2d 111 (2003)

Sheldon A. CLARK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

December 24, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Bruce A. Rosenthal, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Barbara Zappi and Andrea D. England, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and COPE and SHEPHERD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Sheldon Clark appeals his convictions for first degree murder and burglary of a dwelling.*

First, assuming without deciding that duress can be a defense to a felony murder charge, see Wright v. State, 402 So.2d 493, 498 n. 8 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), we conclude that the defense request for a jury instruction on duress was properly denied, because there was no competent evidence...

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