WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 2D10-3161.

84 So.3d 1164 (2012)

Jermaine Jarvis WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman , Public Defender, and Richard P. Albertine, Jr. , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


DAVIS, Judge.

Jermaine Jarvis Williams challenges his conviction and sentence for aggravated battery. Because the trial court erred in denying Williams' request for a jury instruction on the justifiable use of nondeadly force, we reverse and remand for new trial.

The charge against Williams arose from a dispute between Williams and his girlfriend Heather Kunz. While at a bar with Kunz's friend, Sarah Fournier, Williams and Kunz engaged in a verbal disagreement...

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