Case Name: Carlos Manuel ORTEGA, a/k/a Marcus Nerey, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-10-04
Citations: 438 So. 2d 934
Docket Number: No. 82-1562
Parties: Carlos Manuel ORTEGA, a/k/a Marcus Nerey, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HENDRY, NESBITT and BAS-KIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 438
Pages: 934–934

Head Matter:
Carlos Manuel ORTEGA, a/k/a Marcus Nerey, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-1562.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Oct. 4, 1983.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY, NESBITT and BAS-KIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The judgment appealed from is affirmed upon the holding that (1) the instructions as a whole clearly and adequately enabled the jury to consider the theory of the defense: McKinney v. State, 428 So.2d 322 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Leonard v. State, 423 So.2d 594 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Scott v. State, 396 So.2d 271 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); Marcum v. State, 379 So.2d 974 (Fla. 5th DCA 1979), cert. denied, 389 So.2d 1112 (Fla.1980); Diez v. State, 359 So.2d 55 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978), (2) the evidence was legally sufficient to support the jury verdict: Tibbs v. State, 397 So.2d 1120 (Fla.1981), aff'd, 457 U.S. 31, 102 S.Ct. 2211, 72 L.Ed.2d 652 (1982); S.W. v. State, 431 So.2d 342 (Fla. 2d DCA 1983); Jackson v. State, 419 So.2d 394 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982); Moore v. State, 418 So.2d 435 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Knight v. State, 392 So.2d 337 (Fla. 3d DCA), rev. denied, 399 So.2d 1143 (Fla.1981), and (3) jury instructions are within the sound discretion of the trial court; instructions must be complete on the subject involved: Griffin v. State, 414 So.2d 1025 (Fla.1982); Henry v. State, 359 So.2d 864 (Fla.1978); Cole v. State, 353 So.2d 952 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978).
Affirmed.