Opinion
Case No. 3D02-3139.
Opinion filed May 14, 2003.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Marc Schumacher, Judge. Lower Tribunal No. 01-25494.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Jill K. Traina, Assistant Attorney General for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.
Galiano appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated battery, following a jury trial. He first argues, and we agree, that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on both the defense of justifiable use of non-deadly force and the defense of justifiable use of deadly force where the evidence supported the same. See Curington v. State, 704 So.2d 1137, 1139-40 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (stating that "[w]here evidence presented at trial supports an instruction on self-defense (use of deadly force as well as non-deadly force), it is error not to give it."). We find no merit to his remaining point on appeal.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.