Williams v. State

395 So.2d 1236 (1981)

Floyd Norton WILLIAMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 79-2190.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 25, 1981.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Max Rudmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

HERSEY, Judge.

In this appeal from a conviction of sexual battery, defendant, appellant here, attacks the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury on the defense of alibi. Before reaching the merits, we must first…