THOMAS v. STATE

No. 1D04-1631.

918 So.2d 327 (2005)

Kwamin Hassan THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 17, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Nada M. Carey, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


KAHN, C.J.

Appellant Kwamin Hassan Thomas seeks reversal of his convictions and life sentences for two counts of first degree murder. He argues that the trial court committed error by giving an improper self-defense instruction. Recognizing that trial counsel did not preserve any objection to the instruction as given, appellant argues that the error is fundamental. We affirm and decline to certify conflict with courts that have found similar errors to be fundamental...

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