Rich v. State

858 So.2d 1210 (2003)

Stanley RICH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 4D02-3588.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 12, 2003.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Tatjana Ostapoff, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph A. Tringali, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

We reverse appellant's conviction for aggravated battery because the trial court negated appellant's self-defense claim by instructing the jury that the use of force was not justified if…