Boswell v. State

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• concluding that a defendant who was under the influence of Prozac and Xanax as prescribed by a doctor was entitled to an instruction on involuntary intoxication
• holding a party is entitled to have the jury instructed upon the law which applies to his theory of the ease if there is any competent evidence adduced that could support a verdict in his favor
• the defendant was entitled to an instruction on the defense of involuntary intoxication based on evidence he had taken the prescribed medicines Prozac and Xanax
• the defendant was entitled to an instruction on the defense of involuntary intoxication based on evidence he had taken the prescribed medicines Prozac and Xanax
• “Boswell takes the position that he hallucinated the initial shot and that he believed that he was firing in self defense.”
• instruction should have been given in shooting case where evidence showed defendant's conduct resulted from a reaction to prescribed Xanax and Prozac combined with cirrhosis of the liver

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Garcia
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2005-06-13· cited 77×
• Mora v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-01-24· cited 40×
• Brancaccio v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-08-06· cited 31×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-04-15· cited 12×
• Wallace v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-07-26· cited 10×
• Congleton v. Sansom
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-11-16· cited 7×
• People v. Hari
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2005-01-05· cited 5×
• Sluyter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-10-20· cited 4×
• Rodriguez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-08-14· cited 3×
• Devers-Lopez v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-05-13· cited 1×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Palmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-03-05· cited 117×
• Cruse v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-10-24· cited 41×
• Dudley v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-11-04· cited 12×