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WILSON v. STATE

No. 4D06-4051.

975 So.2d 566 (2008)

Edgar WILSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 13, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Forman of the Law Offices of Jason T. Forman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Thomas A. Palmer, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

DAMOORGIAN, J.

Edgar Wilson ("Wilson") appeals his convictions and sentence for one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon or causing great bodily harm and one count of misdemeanor battery. On appeal, Wilson asserts that the trial court fundamentally erred by giving a misleading self-defense jury instruction. We reverse because the misleading instruction negated Wilson's only defense. On remand, the correct instruction...

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