PEWO v. STATE

No. 2D13-4866.

177 So.3d 32 (2015)

Damon Leon PEWO, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 11, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose Baez of The Baez Law Firm, Coral Gables, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and C. Suzanne Bechard , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Damon Leon Pewo, Jr., appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree murder following a jury trial. On appeal, Pewo challenges the standard jury instruction on insanity, arguing that the language in the instruction improperly raised the defense's burden of proof from "clear and convincing evidence" to "beyond a reasonable doubt...

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