Case Name: Henry Lee PAGE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-04-28
Citations: 398 So. 2d 859
Docket Number: No. 80-475
Parties: Henry Lee PAGE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 398
Pages: 859–860

Head Matter:
Henry Lee PAGE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-475.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 28, 1981.
Rehearing Denied June 3, 1981.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Michael A. Rosen, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY, SCHWARTZ and NESBITT, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse appellant's first degree murder conviction on the ground that the defense's proffered jury instruction concerning the privilege of non-retreat in the home should have been given because the doctrine applies to premises surrounding the home, Pell v. State, 97 Fla. 650, 122 So. 110 (1929); Danford v. State, 53 Fla. 4, 43 So. 593 (1907); Redondo v. State, 380 So.2d 1107 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 388 So.2d 1118 (Fla.1980), and to co-occupants as well as intruders, Hedges v. State, 172 So.2d 824 (Fla.1965); State v. Bobbitt, 389 So.2d 1094 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980).
The trial court's dismissal of the second and third counts of the indictment, display of a firearm while committing of felony, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, is also reversed upon the authority of State v. Thompson, 390 So.2d 715 (Fla.1980), holding that the state is not required to prove the lack of an exemption as an element of the offense.
Reversed and remanded for new trial.