CHAFFIN v. STATE

No. 4D11-4572.

121 So.3d 608 (2013)

Tyson L. CHAFFIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Nancy Jack and Jacqueline N. Brown , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, C.J.

Tyson L. Chaffin appeals his convictions and sentences for second degree murder and tampering with evidence. He makes the following arguments on appeal: 1) the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal; 2) the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his pre-arrest statements; 3) the trial court gave an erroneous jury instruction on justified use of force; and 4) the State created fundamental error by submitting...

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