LUCHERINI v. STATE

No. 4D04-2970.

932 So.2d 521 (2006)

Eugene LUCHERINI, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Eugene Lucherini, appeals his conviction for first degree murder with a firearm and armed burglary of a dwelling with assault or battery. Because the trial court abused its discretion in prohibiting Lucherini from presenting evidence of his prescription medications in support of an involuntary intoxication defense under section 775.051, Florida Statutes (2000), we reverse his conviction and sentence.

At trial, Lucherini sought to introduce...

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