BARNES v. STATE

No. ZZ-473.

406 So.2d 539 (1981)

Twylo BARNES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad C. Bishop, Jr., of Weed & Bishop, Perry, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Lawrence A. Kaden, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


McCORD, Judge.

Appellant Twylo Barnes appeals her conviction after trial by jury of second-degree murder of her husband. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Appellant asserts that she provided a plausible explanation of the incident resulting in her husband's death, which established that she acted in self-defense and, therefore, the trial court erred in denying her motion for judgment of acquittal. Although appellant's explanation was plausible, some other...

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