Legal Opinion

Wyche v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 22, 2015No. 3D13-3177PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRothenberg, J.

Quentin Rashad Wyche (“the defendant”) appeals his conviction and sentence for the second degree murder■ of Kendall Berry (“Berry”) on the campus of Florida International University (“FIU”), where *900the defendant and Berry were students. The defendant claims that: (1) the trial court committed fundamental error by instructing the jury on both the law on justifiable use of deadly force and stand your ground, and thus, he should be granted a new trial; (2) defense counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to move for a judgment of acquittal based on the State’s failure to…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  3. Sanford v. RubinSupreme Court of Florida · 1970
  4. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  5. Martinez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State of Florida v. Robert Franklin FloydSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  2. Orando Ricardo Thompson v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  3. Barnett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  4. Jackson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  5. CATHERINE M. PILEGGI v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

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