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PETERS v. STATE

No. 4D08-3299.

33 So.3d 812 (2010)

Taylor PETERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 28, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Christine C. Geraghty, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LEVINE, J.

The issue we consider is whether the trial court should have given a special jury instruction regarding "mere presence" at a crime scene or whether the standard jury instruction regarding principal or independent acts was sufficient. We find the standard jury instruction given in this case was sufficient and affirm the conviction for first degree murder.

In May 2003, appellant went to a lounge in Miramar with three other individuals: Jason, Claud...

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