E.L.F. v. STATE

No. 4D09-703.

33 So.3d 760 (2010)

E.L.F., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

In this case a traffic altercation between two drivers led to a third party being charged with criminal battery. The issue is whether the third party, defendant, was acting as a good Samaritan defending himself.

The State's case began with this background. Because he had cut her off in traffic, a female driver pursued the other driver—following him for nearly a half hour—ultimately blocking him at a traffic light. Leaving her vehicle...

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