SHARPE v. STATE

No. 4D12-3883.

192 So.3d 540 (2016)

Christopher Brien SHARPE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira D. Karmelin , West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Luke R. Napodano , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Appellant challenges his conviction for first degree premeditated murder, arguing that the court fundamentally erred when it gave the forcible felony exception to the self-defense instruction, where no independent forcible felony was charged. While the giving of the instruction was error, we conclude that it was not fundamental error...

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