Stevens v. State

693 So.2d 144 (1997)

James E. STEVENS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-1592.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 16, 1997.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Susan A. Fagan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and David H. Foxman, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

ANTOON, Justice.

James E. Stevens (defendant) appeals his judgment and sentence for the first-degree murder[1] of Wanda McCloud. He seeks a new trial, arguing that the trial court erred in failing to issue…