Garrido v. State

Jorge Carlos Garrido appeals his conviction for aggravated assault with a firearm and the resulting mandatory minimum sentence of three years in prison. Garrido raises four issues on appeal that the trial court: 1) abused its discretion in giving the standard jury instruction for justifiable use of non-deadly force in defense of person without modification, contrary to this court’s decision in Bassallo v. State, 46 So.3d 1205 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010); 2) abused its discretion in giving the jury a modified version of the standard instruction for justifiable use of non-deadly force in defense of…