WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 4D09-717.

70 So.3d 726 (2011)

Joseph Nathan WILLIAMS, II, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Dea Abramschmitt , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


GROSS, J.

Joseph Williams appeals his conviction for the first-degree murder of his estranged wife. At the jury trial, Williams' defense was that he acted in the heat of the moment, so the killing was not premeditated. On appeal he argues that the state did not establish premeditation and that the trial court abused its discretion in admitting two photographs of his wife's body. Because the evidence presented a jury question on premeditation, and the photographs were...

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