Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 6, 1983No. 82-1408PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEHAN, Judge.

Appellant was charged with and convicted and sentenced for the second degree murder of her husband. We reverse.

Appellant raises two points on appeal. The first is that the denial of appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal was error. The second is that appellant’s testimony on cross examination by the state, over appellant’s objection and motion for mistrial, that she was a beneficiary on her husband’s life insurance policies was improper.

After careful examination of the record, we do not find error in the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gelabert v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  2. People v. BushCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1978
  3. Aho v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bradwell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  2. Rice v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  3. Strachon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989

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