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Parrish v. State

Citations

  • 113 So. 2d 860
  • 1959 Fla. App. LEXIS 2672

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  • no matter how improbable defendant's testimony was, if not demonstrably false, the trial court errs in refusing to give a self-defense instruction
  • “Regardless of how improbable the defendant’s testimony was, it certainly was not demonstrably false, and as our Supreme Court did ..., we must hold that the trial court erred in refusing a self-defense instruction.”

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Judges: Allen, Kanner, Shannon

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