Legal Opinion
Hardy v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 11, 2005No. 4D03-2600PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
901 So.2d 985 (2005)
Patrick HARDY, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D03-2600.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 11, 2005.
Michael D. Gelety, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark Hamel, and Linda Harrison, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
2Per curiam
We reverse defendant's conviction for aggravated battery because the trial court committed fundamental error in charging the jury with a misleading instruction on self defense. The trial court instructed that the use of force was not justified if…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Giles v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
- Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
- Rich v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
4Cited by4 opinions
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