Legal Opinion
Davis v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 5, 1981No. UU-332PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
397 So.2d 1005 (1981)
Howard Dwight DAVIS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. UU-332.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 5, 1981.
John D. O'Brien, Panama City, for appellant.
Wallace E. Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
THOMPSON, Judge.
The appellant was charged with and convicted for second degree murder. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred in giving its reinstruction to the jury on the elements of second degree murder. We agree and reverse.
The trial court initially gave the following Standard Jury Instruction ("SJI"):
Murder in the…
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