Case ID: so2d_556/html/0537-01.html
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Anderson BROOKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 89-0830.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
    Feb. 14, 1990.
    Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Jeffrey L. Anderson, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

Reversed and remanded for a new trial. The trial court erroneously refused to instruct the jury or permit witnesses to be questioned about a defense to the charge. See section 790.001(1)(6), Florida Statutes (1988); section 790.23, Florida Statutes (1988); Morgan v. State, 453 So.2d 394 (Fla.1984).

DOWNEY, ANSTEAD and LETTS, JJ., concur.