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Chestnut v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 17, 1984
452 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

Opinion

No. 84-98.

July 17, 1984.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Dade County, Thomas M. Carney, J.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Gelber, Glass, Durant Grande and N. Joseph Durant, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HUBBART, BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.


The trial court did not err in giving the jury an instruction on "principals" after closing arguments, even though the instruction had not been requested at the charge conference. See Jacobs v. State, 396 So.2d 713 (Fla. 1981).

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Chestnut v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jul 17, 1984
452 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)
Case details for

Chestnut v. State

Case Details

Full title:EUGENE ANTHONY CHESTNUT, APPELLANT, v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jul 17, 1984

Citations

452 So. 2d 1125 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

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