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Roberts v. State, Case No. 5D08-1362 (Fla. App. 3/20/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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JARRORD ROBERTS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-1362. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed March 20, 2009. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Marion County, Brian Lambert, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Allison A. Havens, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. COHEN, J. Jarrord Roberts appeals the denial of his requested jury instruction on the independent act doctrine. Finding no error, we affirm. Roberts was charged, as a codefendant, with the first-degree murder of Diana Miller, attempted first-degree murder of James Miller, robbery of Diana Miller and/or James Miller with a firearm, and kidnapping of Sheila Miller...continue to full post

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