OLIVER v. STATE

No. 1D13-1281.

162 So.3d 162 (2015)

Joshua T. OLIVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, and Courtenay H. Miller , Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Giselle Denise Lylen , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellees.


Appellant was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 30 years in prison for a stabbing that occurred at a nightclub. He contends that the jury instructions on his sole defense—justifiable use of deadly force—were fundamentally erroneous for the reasons stated in Floyd v. State, 151 So.3d 452

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