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Hughes v. State, Case No. 1D09-0028 (Fla. App. 5/26/2010) (Fla. App., 2010)

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CHRISTOPHER MARTIN HUGHES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 1D09-0028. District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District. Opinion filed May 26, 2010. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Walton County, Kelvin C. Wells, Judge. William Kemper Jennings, Defuniak Springs, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General and Donna A. Gerace, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Appellant seeks review of his convictions and sentences for aggravated battery and burglary of a dwelling. Appellant raises a number of issues, only two of which merit discussion: 1) whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of Page 2 Appellant’s knowledge of the victim’s previous acts of violence that was relevant to Appellant’s claim of self-defense; and 2) whether the trial court erred in denying Appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the burglary charge because there was no evidence that he intended to commit a criminal offense when he entered the dwelling...continue to full post

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