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MORGAN v. STATE

No. 5D12-1829.

127 So.3d 708 (2013)

Donte Terell MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Kevin R. Holtz , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Anthony J. Golden , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

ORFINGER, J.

Donte T. Morgan appeals his convictions of second-degree murder with a firearm.1 Morgan argues that the trial court's self-defense jury instructions were fundamentally flawed and that the court should have granted his motions for judgment of acquittal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

BACKGROUND

Benjamin Hamilton shared a three-bedroom apartment with Michael Wittig and his girlfriend, Amanda Hines....

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