JOSEPH WOODS, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Turner v. State, 29 So. 3d 361 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
  …se does not apply where a defendant has an opportunity to escape the compulsion without committing the crime. Id.; see Gahley v. State, 567 So. 2d 456, 459 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990); Corujo v. State, 424 So. 2d 43, 44 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). Mickel v. State, 929 So. 2d 1192, 1196 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). Turner provided equivocal testimony as to the elements of duress. While he testified that his cousin “flipped out” when the officer turned on his lights in an attempt to stop the vehicle, Turner did not mention the gun or…
• Salas v. State, 972 So. 2d 941 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007)
  …ress. Salas argues he was entitled to an instruction on his theory of defense regardless of how weak or improbable it may have been, as long as there was some evidence to support it. See Campbell v. State, 577 So. 2d 932 (Fla.1991); Mickel v. State, 929 So. 2d 1192 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). Salas requested the court give Standard Jury Instruction 3.6(k) on duress at the charge [*955] conference but the court was annoyed that a written instruction was not submitted and then ultimately denied the request, explaining,…
• Rowley v. State, 939 So. 2d 298 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
  …s “in a jurisdic-tionally marked vehicle with sirens and lights activated.” Anderson v. State, 780 So. 2d 1012, 1014 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001). The only defense to the charge was necessity, also called duress, compulsion, or coercion. See Mickel v. State, 929 So. 2d 1192, 1196 n. 2 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). The trial court charged the jury on this defense. Mrs. Rowley’s version of the facts do not rise to the level required to make out the defense. See Driggers v. State, [*301] 917 So. 2d 329, 331 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005); Fl…

Authorities Cited

• Dayton v. State, 867 So. 2d 647 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)