Watkins v. State

632 So.2d 184 (1994)

Handy WATKINS, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 93-1466.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

February 15, 1994.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joni Braunstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before NESBITT, JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.

The defendant was put to a jury trial on an information charging him with second-degree murder by reason of striking the victim's head against a concrete or tile floor. At the close of all the evidence, the defendant…