DOWE v. STATE

No. 4D08-616.

39 So.3d 407 (2010)

Kishawn DOWE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and John Pauly, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

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


GERBER, J.

The defendant appeals his convictions for second degree murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. He argues the trial court abused its discretion by not allowing him to elicit testimony regarding the dangerousness of the neighborhood where the crime occurred. He also argues the trial court used an erroneous standard jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. We affirm.

The "dangerousness" issue arose during...

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