Legal Opinion

Knight v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 7, 1995No. 94-1003PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Judge.

John Andrew Knight appeals his conviction for the crimes of aggravated assault1 with a firearm and shooting at or into a building.2 More precisely, Knight appeals the denial of his request that the trial judge instruct the *458jury on the penalties for the crimes for which he was convicted. He wanted the jury to be instructed that if they determined that he used a firearm in the commission of the crimes, the trial judge was required to impose the minimum mandatory sentence of three years in the Department of Corrections.3 The trial judge denied the request. We affirm.

Knight was…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McKendry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Nixon v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  3. State v. WellerSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  4. Coleman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. Disinger v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996

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