Lentz v. State

498 So.2d 986 (1986)

Paul Clair LENTZ, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. BH-170.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 5, 1986.

Michael Allen, Public Defender, Glenna Joyce Reeves, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MILLS, Judge.

Lentz appeals from a conviction of attempted first degree murder with a firearm. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

In September 1983, after discovering that the victim had been having an affair with his wife, Lentz shot the victim several times. His only defense to…