CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, ETC., PETITIONER,

v.

UNION DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES, INC., AND HERBERT D. KATZ, AS TRUSTEE, RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Emory Jack Brown, Jr. v. State, 454 So. 2d 596 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984)
  …easonable doubt never shifts from the State, and this standard broadly includes the requirement that the State prove that the defendant did not act in self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt. Bolin v. State, 297 So. 2d 317 (Fla.3d DCA), cert. denied, 304 So. 2d 452 (Fla.1974). See also State v. Bobbitt, 389 So. 2d 1094, 1098 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980), rev’d on other grounds, 415 So. 2d 724 (Fla.1982). In Bozeman v. State, 106 Fla. 270, 143 So. 236 (1932), the court reviewed the evidence which resulted in the mansla…
• Irven George Pressley v. State, 395 So. 2d 1175 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)
  …inent and that there was a real necessity for the taking of a life. Gil v. State, 266 So. 2d 43 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 271 So. 2d 139 (Fla.1972). Appellant has not carried that burden. Bolin v. State, 297 So. 2d 317 (Fla.3d DCA), cert. denied, 304 So. 2d 452 (Fla.1974). Furthermore, a person may not use violence upon his assailant, after the assailant is no longer a threat and all danger is clearly past, and thereby claim to be acting in self-defense. Gil v. State, supra. Sub judice, appellant was drivi…
• Knight v. State, 392 So. 2d 337 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)
  …d degree murder against appellant, thereby shifting to him the burden to come forward with evidence bearing on his claim of self-defense. Teague v. State, 390 So. 2d 405 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Bolin v. State, 297 So. 2d 317 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied 304 So. 2d 452 (Fla.1974). In this regard, appellant failed to meet his burden: the only evidence of self-defense put forth by appellant was his own testimony that he was afraid that a “contract had been put out” on his life because of a drug debt he owed. He did…

Authorities Cited

• Nichols v. The Sch. Bd. OF Palm Beach Cnty. & the Cont'l Ins. Co., 294 So. 2d 725 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974)
• City OF Hollywood v. Union Diversified Indus., Inc., 294 So. 2d 725 (Fla. 4th DCA 1974)