Case Name: Mauricio Pola GALIANO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-05-14
Citations: 844 So. 2d 811
Docket Number: No. 3D02-3139
Parties: Mauricio Pola GALIANO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 844
Pages: 811–811

Head Matter:
Mauricio Pola GALIANO, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D02-3139.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 14, 2003.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Howard K. Blumberg, Assistant Public Defender for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General and Jill K. Traína, Assistant Attorney General for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GODERICH and GREEN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Galiano appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated battery, following a jury trial. He first argues, and we agree, that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on both the defense of justifiable use of non-deadly force and the defense of justifiable use of deadly force where the evidence supported the same. See Curington v. State, 704 So.2d 1137, 1139-40 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998) (stating that "[wjhere evidence presented at trial supports an instruction on self-defense (use of deadly force as well as non-deadly force), it is error not to give it."). We find no merit to his remaining point on appeal.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.