Marman v. State

814 So.2d 1158 (2002)

Sylvia MARMAN a/k/a Sylvia Maraman, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D00-1743.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 12, 2002.

Daniel M. Hernandez, Tampa, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

BLUE, Chief Judge.

Sylvia Marman was indicted for first-degree murder. Following a jury trial, she was convicted of second-degree murder. Because the trial court refused to allow defense counsel to present closing argument based on a given jury instruction,…