FLORIDA

v.

CHRISTIAN; AND CHRISTIAN V. FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Walls v. State, 641 So. 2d 381 (Fla. 1994)
  …rtly on uncontroverted and believable factual evidence or testimony that, but for its incompleteness, would constitute an excuse, justification, or defense as to the homicide. E.g., Banda; Christian v. State, 550 So. 2d 450 (Fla.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1028, 110 S.Ct. 1475, 108 L.Ed.2d 612 (1990). Thus, we have repeatedly rejected claims that the purely subjective beliefs of the defendant, without more, could establish a pretense of moral or legal justification. E.g., Arbelaez v. State, 626 So. 2d 169…
• Wuornos v. State, 644 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 1994)
  …ls, 641 So. 2d at 388 (footnote omitted). An incomplete claim of self-defense would fall within this definition provided it is uncontro-verted and believable. Id. at 388-89 (citing [*1009] Christian v. State, 550 So. 2d 450 (Fla.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1028, 110 S.Ct. 1475, 108 L.Ed.2d 612 (1990)); Cannady v. State, 427 So. 2d 723 (Fla.1983). While Wuornos’ factual testimony advanced an incomplete self-defense claim, we believe that claim was largely controverted by the facts of the murder and the simi…
• Bell v. State, 699 So. 2d 674 (Fla. 1997)
  …t the target. Id. In addition, we find no pretense of legal justification based on self-defense because there is no colorable claim that the murders were motivated out of self-defense. See Christian v. State, 550 So. 2d 450 (Fla.1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1028, 110 S.Ct. 1475, 108 L.Ed.2d 612 (1990); Banda v. State, 536 So. 2d 221 (Fla.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1087, 109 S.Ct. 1548, 103 L.Ed.2d 852 (1989). Here, the record clearly shows that the motivation for the murders was retribution. Therefore…