Case Name: Lucretia BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-02-13
Citations: 467 So. 2d 323
Docket Number: No. 84-1084
Parties: Lucretia BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HERSEY, HURLEY and DELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 467
Pages: 323–324

Head Matter:
Lucretia BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 84-1084.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 13, 1985.
Sara Blumberg and Michael Dubiner of Dubiner & Blumberg, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joan Fowler Rossin, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks reversal of her conviction of second degree murder. She claims that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on justifiable and excusable homicide, and in failing to give an instruction which properly placed the burden of proof upon the State as to her insanity defense. When the court gives an instruction on manslaughter, it must also give an instruction on justifiable and excusable homicide. See Hedges v. State, 172 So.2d 824 (Fla.1965); Pouk v. State, 859 So.2d 929 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978); Delaford v. State, 449 So.2d 983 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). Therefore, we hold that the trial court erred when it failed to properly instruct the jury, and we reverse and remand this case for a new trial. Because of this holding we need not reach appellant's second point on appeal.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
HERSEY, HURLEY and DELL, JJ., concur.