Case Name: Donnie Lee IVORY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-04-20
Citations: 330 So. 2d 853
Docket Number: No. 75-943
Parties: Donnie Lee IVORY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.) Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 330
Pages: 853–855

Head Matter:
Donnie Lee IVORY, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 75-943.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 20, 1976.
Rehearing Denied May 12, 1976.
Phillip A. Hubbart, Public Defender, and Mark King Leban, Asst. Public Defender, and Thomas G. Murray, Legal Intern, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Ira Loewy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.) Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The facts on this appeal have been accurately set forth in the dissenting opinion. The only question on appeal is whether the errors which occurred deprived the defendant of a fair trial upon the charge of murder in the first degree. Because the defendant was found guilty of only the lesser included offense of manslaughter and because the medical examiner's report could not, under the facts of this case, have contributed to the defense of self-defense or have further reduced the crime to assault, we reach the conclusion that the error was harmless. Cf. Cornelius v. State, Fla. 1950, 49 So.2d 332; and Culbertson v. State, Fla.App. 1975, 306 So.2d 142.
Affirmed.