JACOBS v. STATE

No. 4D04-3138.

962 So.2d 934 (2007)

Gordon JACOBS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Berman and Louis G. Carres, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HOROWITZ, ALFRED J., Associate Judge.

Gordon Jacobs appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for manslaughter with a firearm. We reverse and remand for a new trial, finding that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding certain evidence proffered by the defendant, Mr. Jacobs.

On the night in question, Joan Jacobs, the victim in this case, placed a 911 telephone call from the residence she shared with her husband, Gordon Jacobs. During that...

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