Knight v. State

316 So.2d 576 (1975)

Jacob Leonard KNIGHT, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. W-186.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 17, 1975.

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and David J. Busch, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

BOYER, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the second degree murder of his father-in-law and was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. He now challenges by direct appeal the judgment and sentence.

On the night of August 5, 1973, appellant, who had…