Michael Dunn Appeal

199 Pages·2015·0.82 MB·English

by  Terrance Roberts

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
FIRST DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

MICHAEL DAVID DUNN

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................. ii

TABLE OF CITATIONS........................................... iii

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT......................................... xv

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS................................ 1

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT........................................... 74

ARGUMENT...................................................... 79

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE MOTIONS FOR
JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL ON SELF-DEFENSE.................... 79

II. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE MOTIONS FOR
JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL FOR COUNTS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
BASED ON LACK OF INTENT.................................. 99

III. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING APPELLANT’S
REQUEST FOR THE INSTRUCTION ON PRESUMPTION OF FEAR...... 104

IV. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING DR. SIMONS TO
TESTIFY IN MATTERS OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION........... 109

V. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN EXCLUDING EXPERT ON ACUTE
STRESS.................................................. 125

VI. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN REMOVING JUROR 4....... 150

VII. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING APPELLANT’S MOTION
FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE................................... 161

VIII. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT FUNDAMENTALLY ERRED WHEN THE STATE
URGED THE JURY TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ITS
VERDICT................................................. 170

IX. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ANSWERING JURY QUESTION 174

CONCLUSION................................................... 183

SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE............. 184

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.................................... 184

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TABLE OF CITATIONS

A. Federal Cases

Chambers v. Mississippi,
410 U.S. 284 (1973)...........................................135

Chandler v. United States,
218 F.3d 1305 (11th Cir. 2000)................................180

Faretta v. California,
422 U.S. 806 (1975)...........................................135

Marquard v. Sec'y for the Dep't of Corr.,
429 F.3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2005)................................180

Strickland v. Washington,
466 U.S. 668 (1984)...........................................180

Williams v. Allen,
458 F.3d 1233 (11th Cir. 2006)................................180

B. Florida Constitution and Statutes

§ 16, Art. I,
Fla. Const. (1968)............................................161

§ 11, Declaration of Rights,
Fla. Const. (1885)............................................161

§ 90.403,
Fla. Stat. (2000)..........................................126-27

§ 90.702,
Fla. Stat. (2005)....................47, 110, 112, 125-27, 137-38

§ 90.703,
Fla. Stat. (2005).............................................112

§ 776.012,
Fla. Stat. (1977)..............................................83

§ 776.013,
Fla. Stat. (1977)......................................75, 105-07

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§ 777.04,
Fla. Stat. (2014).............................................100

§ 782.02,
Fla. Stat. (2012).............................................106

§ 782.04,
Fla. Stat. (2014).............................................100

§ 910.03(3),
Fla. Stat. (2012).............................................161

C. Florida Cases

Agatheas v. State,
28 So.3d 204 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)..............................179

Allen v. State,
365 So.2d 456 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978)..........................136-38

Arkin Construction Company v. Simpkins,
99 So.2d 557 (Fla. 1957)......................................113

Baker v. State,
937 So.2d 297 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).............................181

Barfield v. State,
880 So.2d 768 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)..............................127

Bell v. State,
768 So.2d 22 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)...............................99

Bernal v. Lipp,
580 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).............................158

Bertolotti v. State,
476 So.2d 130 (Fla. 1985).....................................172

Birch v. Albert,
761 So.2d 355 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)..............................158

Bowman v. State,
748 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)............................180

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Brown v. State,
94 So. 874 (Fla. 1922)........................................177

Brown v. State,
454 So.2d 596 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984)...........................79-80

Brown v. State,
75 So.3d 352 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)...............................99

Bryant v. Buerman,
739 So.2d 710 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).............................125

Buchman v. Seaboard Coast Line R.R.,
381 So.2d 229 (Fla. 1980).....................................120

Campbell v. State,
679 So.2d 720 (Fla. 1996).....................................172

Card v. State,
803 So.2d 613 (Fla. 2001).....................................176

Chavers v. State,
901 So.2d 409 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)..........................104-05

Chavez v. State,
12 So.3d 199 (Fla. 2009)......................................139

Corzo v. State,
806 So.2d 642 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)..............................181

Council v. State,
98 So.3d 115 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)..............................127

Cromarty v. Ford Motor Co.,
341 So.2d 507 (Fla. 1976).....................................136

De La Rosa v. Zequeira,
659 So.2d 239 (Fla. 1995)........................151-52, 156, 158

Dery v. State,
68 So.3d 252 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)..........................150, 152

Diaz v. State,
387 So.2d 978 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)................82, 84, 90, 97-98

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Dorsey v. State,
74 So.3d 521 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)..............................100

Dufour v. State,
905 So.2d 42 (Fla. 2005)......................................180

Filomeno v. State,
930 So.2d 821 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).............................146

Fletcher v. State,
2015 Fla. LEXIS 1387 (Fla. June 25, 2015).....................172

Fowler v. State,
492 So.2d 1344 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).............................82

Forget v. State,
782 So.2d 410 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)...........................180-81

Fowler v. State,
921 So.2d 708 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)............................79-82

Gardner v. State,
530 So.2d 404 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)..............................135

Goode v. State,
856 So.2d 1101 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)............................104

Grant v. State,
864 So.2d 503 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).............................181

Grau v. Branham,
761 So.2d 375 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).............................176

Griffin v. State,
866 So.2d 1 (Fla. 2003).......................................162

Hall v. State,
568 So.2d 882 (Fla. 1990).....................................113

Hamilton v. State,
574 So.2d 124 (Fla. 1991).....................................151

Harvey v. State,
129 Fla. 289 (Fla. 1937)......................................139

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Hawkins v. State,
206 So.2d 5 (Fla. 1968).......................................161

Hernandez Ramos v. State,
496 So.2d 837 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)............................79-80

Hood v. Matrixx Initiatives,
50 So.3d 1166 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)..........................146-47

Hosbein v. Silverstein,
358 So.2d 43 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978)..............................136

Huff v. State,
495 So.2d 145 (Fla. 1986).....................................120

Humble v. State,
652 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).......................143, 145

Hunter v. State,
687 So.2d 277 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)..............................81

In re: Std. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report No. 2013-02,
137 So.3d 995 (Fla. 2014).....................................100

In re: Std. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2013-07,
143 So.3d 893, 896 (Fla. 2014).................................90

James v. State,
843 So.2d 933 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).........................56, 159

Johnson v. State,
351 So.2d 10 (Fla. 1977)......................................161

Johnson v. State,
393 So.2d 1069 (Fla. 1980)...............................109, 120

Johnson v. State,
438 So.2d 774 (Fla. 1983).....................................109

Johnson v. State,
796 So.2d 1227 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)............................181

Johnson v. State,
100 So.3d 1158 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)............................162

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Johnston v. State,
863 So.2d 271 (Fla. 2003).....................................125

Jones v. State,
748 So.2d 1012 (Fla. 1999)....................................120

Jones v. State,
790 So.2d 1194 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).........................79, 99

Jordan v. State,
694 So.2d 708 (Fla. 1997)..................................113-15

Keller Indus. v. Volk,
657 So.2d 1200 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)............................135

Kelly v. Kinsey,
362 So.2d 402 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978)..........................112-13

Langston v. State,
789 So.2d 1024 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)............................104

Le Fevre v. Bear,
113 So.2d 390 (Fla. 2d DCA 1957)..............................113

Leavitt v. Krogen,
752 So.2d 730 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)..............................156

Leon v. State,
68 So.3d 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)..............................140

Light v. State,
841 So.2d 623 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003)..............................100

Linn v. Fossum,
946 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 2006)....................................112

Mann v. State,
135 So.3d 450 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).............................104

Marshall v. State,
664 So.2d 302 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)...........................151-52

Mattek v. White,
695 So.2d 942 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).............................119

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Masaka v. State,
4 So.3d 1274 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)............................125-36

Mayo v. State,
71 So.2d 899 (Fla. 1954).......................................84

Mazzouccolo v. Gardner, McLain & Perlman, M.D., P.A.,
714 So.2d 534 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).............................158

McArthur v. State,
351 So.2d 972 (Fla. 1977)......................................84

McCaskill v. State,
344 So.2d 1276 (Fla. 1977)....................................162

McCray v. State,
89 Fla. 65 (Fla. 1925)........................................177

McDaniel v. State,
620 So.2d 1308 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)............................100

McDuffie v. State,
970 So.2d 312 (Fla. 2007).....................................125

McMullen v. State,
714 So.2d 368 (Fla. 1998).....................................125

McNeil v. State,
158 So.3d 626 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)........................150, 160

Mills v. Redwing Carriers, Inc.,
127 So.2d 453 (Fla. 2d DCA 1961)..............................113

Mitchell v. State,
458 So.2d 819 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).............................158

Mitchell v. State,
965 So.2d 246 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).............................120

Mordenti v. State,
630 So.2d 1080 (Fla. 1994)....................................176

Mordica v. State,
618 So.2d 301 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).............................177

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