RENE ST. PIERRE v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Rene St. Pierre appeals his convictions and sentences for burglary and misdemeanor battery. He argues that the trial judge erred in failing to' give the jury a self-defense, instruction for the burglary offense. He also argues that his attorney was ineffective on the face of the record for failing to object to the justifiable use of force instruction given for battery and for failing to object to police opinion evidence. We affirm, without comment, appellant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims, but we reverse and remand for a new trial on the jury instruction issue.

Appellant and the…