Manuel Navarro v. State of Florida

Manuel Navarro appeals his conviction for manslaughter. We find that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that Navarrp had no duty to retreat and we reverse.

The defendant was charged with second-degree murder after stabbing his roommate in their home. According to. the evidence adduced at trial, on the evening of the incident, the defendant and the victim went to a bar together and had been drinking. The defendant was approximately fifty-five years, old and the victim was twenty-eight to-thirty years old and in good physical-condition..

A detective interviewed the defendant…