Daniel Scott Palmer v. State of Florida

Appellant appeals his judgment and sentence for -two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly .weapon and two counts of simple assault, raising four issues on appeal. We find merit as to two issues, and reverse for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. -

Appellant first" asserts that the trial court reversibly erred in failing to apply the correct standard to Appellant’s motion for new trial. The State properly concedes that the trial court erred in applying a sufficiency of the evidence standard, and that the correct standard was the weight of the evidence. See Spear v. State,…