Legal Opinion
Mellins v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 11, 1981No. 80-594PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
395 So.2d 1207 (1981)
Cassandra MELLINS, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-594.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 11, 1981.
Rehearing Denied April 15, 1981.
Martin J. Schwartz, Hollywood, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
HERSEY, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of and sentenced for battery on a police officer. She appeals that conviction ascribing as reversible error the refusal of the trial court to give a jury instruction on the defense of voluntary intoxication. That…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Fouts v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
- Andrew J. Harris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Russell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
- Julian Marko v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by27 opinions
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