Case Name: Charles BEDELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-02-23
Citations: 752 So. 2d 1232
Docket Number: No. 4D99-0173
Parties: Charles BEDELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: . WARNER, C.J., KLEIN, J., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 752
Pages: 1232–1232

Head Matter:
Charles BEDELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D99-0173.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 23, 2000.
Rehearing Denied March 28, 2000.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Cherry Grant, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant claims that the trial court fundamentally erred both in failing to instruct the jury on his defense when it excluded from the justifiable use of force jury instruction that portion dealing with defense of property, and in giving the self-defense by an aggressor portion of the justifiable |use of non-deadly force instruction. As to pthe former, no evidence was presented to varrant the instruction, as appellant him testified that he feared injury to himself, not his property, nor was there evidence to support the claim that the victim was a trespasser. As to the latter, there was evidence from which the jury could have concluded that the appellant was the aggressor. Therefore, the instruction was appropriate.
Finally, appellant's claim that counsel was ineffective is best left to collateral proceedings.
. WARNER, C.J., KLEIN, J., and OWEN, WILLIAM C., Jr., Senior Judge, concur.