Opinion
No. 3D22-0785
03-27-2024
Melchi THOMAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Shannon Hemmendinger, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. F16-17929A
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Shannon Hemmendinger, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before EMAS, LINDSEY and LOBREE, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Talley v. State, 260 So. 3d 562 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019) (noting that appellate courts "review the denial of a criminal defendant’s request for a special jury instruction under an abuse of discretion standard."); Stephens v. State, 787 So. 2d 747, 755-56 (Fla. 2001) (noting that, on appeal from a conviction, the defendant "has the burden of demonstrating that the trial court abused its discretion in giving standard instructions" and to be entitled to a special jury instruction, the defense must establish "(1) the special instruction was supported by the evidence; (2) the standard instruction did not adequately cover the theory of defense; and (3) the special instruction was a correct statement of the law and not misleading or confusing."). See also Alvarez v. State, 890 So. 2d 389, 395-97 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).