Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 15, 1998No. 96-4031PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

707 So.2d 1200 (1998)

Michael Smith WILSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-4031.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 15, 1998.

Louise A.D. Jones, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

FARMER, Judge.

Following a jury trial for second degree murder with a firearm, defendant appeals from his conviction for manslaughter with a firearm and prison sentence of 9½ years. We affirm.

The defense was "self defense." The killing occurred within the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  2. Desouza v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dias v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  2. Geffkin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  3. Liotta v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  4. Segura v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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