SWEARINGDEN v. STATE

No. 1D14-146.

213 So.3d 370 (2015)

John SWEARINGDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Angela R. Hensel , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a man in the head with a knife during an alcohol-fueled argument over a woman. Appellant claimed that he stabbed the victim in self-defense. There was conflicting evidence as to whether the victim or Appellant was the initial aggressor. The trial court...

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