STIMUS v. STATE

No. 5D07-4371.

995 So.2d 1149 (2008)

Aaron Robert STIMUS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Noel A. Pelella, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L. Davenport, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


EVANDER, J.

Aaron Stimus appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for the premeditated murder of his estranged wife. He contends that he was wrongfully prohibited from presenting evidence in support of his alleged involuntary intoxication defense. We affirm.

On the evening of July 16, 2002, Stimus shot his wife three times. One shot struck the victim in the head, killing her almost instantaneously. Stimus then shot himself in the head.

We reversed...

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