ELDER v. STATE

Nos. 4D18-2891 4D18-2892.

296 So.3d 440 (2020)

Demetrius ELDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Benjamin Eisenberg , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jessenia J. Concepcion , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The rejection of a proposed jury instruction and the exclusion of relevant evidence, both pertaining to the defense in this case, require that we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant Demetrius Elder was charged by information with manslaughter with a deadly weapon for the stabbing death of the victim, Fakhradeen Muhammad...

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