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Fletcher v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 18, 2002No. 5D01-2069PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

828 So.2d 460 (2002)

Joseph Robert FLETCHER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D01-2069.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

October 18, 2002.

Wayne Fetzer Henderson, St. Augustine, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Denise O. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PLEUS, J.

This is a good example of a case in which an inadvertent oversight in reading the standard jury instructions can result in the reversal of a murder conviction. This court has jurisdiction pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Armstrong v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  3. Blandon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  4. Black v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  5. Ortiz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Caldwell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  2. Beckham v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. Franco v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
  4. Ahmed v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  5. Burgess v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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