MICHAEL RANCOURT, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Martinez v. State, 981 So. 2d 449 (Fla. 2008)
  …ate, 929 So. 2d 1105, 1107 (Fla. 4th DCA) (substantially similar), receded from on other grounds by Yisrael v. State, 938 So. 2d 546, 547 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), approved, No. SC06-2211, — So. 2d -, 2008 WL 450398 (Fla. Feb. 21, 2008); Thomas v. State, 918 So. 2d 327, 328 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005) (“We affirm and decline to certify conflict with courts that have found similar errors to be fundamental because, as a matter of law, appellant was not entitled to a self-defense instruction.”); Hickson v. State, 917 So. 2d…
• Fowler v. State, 921 So. 2d 708 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)
  …tate, 552 So. 2d 264, 266 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989) (quoting Hernandez Ramos v. State, 496 So. 2d 837, 838 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)). In Brown v. State, 454 So. 2d 596, 598 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984), superseded by statute on other grounds as stated in Thomas v. State, 918 So. 2d 327 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005), the court explained as follows: While the defendant may have the burden of going forward with evidence of self-defense, the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt never shifts from the State, and this standard broadl…
• Vondyleyn M. Sutton v. State, 929 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
  …4th DCA 2004); Carter v. State, 889 So. 2d 937 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). However, the jury instruction that was given does not constitute fundamental error if the evidence adduced at trial does not support a self-defense instruction. See Thomas v. State, 918 So. 2d 327 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005); Hickson v. State, 917 So. 2d 939 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005); Berrios v. State, 781 So. 2d 455 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). The evidence introduced at trial established that Sutton and two companions went to a house in Pompano Beach to confron…

Authorities Cited

• Barnes v. Sanders, 907 So. 2d 614 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)