Case Name: Michael J. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1988-11-30
Citations: 534 So. 2d 1212
Docket Number: No. 87-1201
Parties: Michael J. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY, C.J., and ANSTEAD and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 534
Pages: 1212–1212

Head Matter:
Michael J. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 87-1201.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 30, 1988.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 11, 1989.
Bert Winkler of Mitchell, Hanser, Schwartz & Winkler, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Mardi Levey Cohen, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
REVERSED. We agree with appellant that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a tape made by police at the stabbing victim's deathbed which recorded the anguished sounds of the victim in his last moments of life. See § 90.403, Fla.Stat. (1987); Young v. State, 234 So.2d 341 (Fla.1970). Although the issue is extremely close, we reject appellant's claim that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal based upon his defense of self-defense.
HERSEY, C.J., and ANSTEAD and GUNTHER, JJ., concur.