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230 So. 3d 1290

Jones v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided December 21, 2017

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2017-12-21

Relies on Hughes v. State · Moore v. State · Jones v. Mack

Decided 2017-12-21

PER CURIAM.

¶1Appellant was convicted of aggravated battery and raises three issues on appeal. We find one issue requires reversal and therefore do not discuss the other two.

¶2Appellant correctly contends that the trial court erred in excluding his testimony describing a prior instance when the victim in the instant case threatened appellant with a machete. We have held that when a defendant raises self-defense, it is error to exclude evidence of specific acts of violence committed by a victim against a defendant during a prior confrontation. Angelo v. State, 204 So.3d 594 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016); Savage v. State, 99 So.3d 1001 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). Under the circumstances of this case we cannot find this error to be harmless. Hughes v. State, 36 So.3d 816 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010).

¶3REVERSED and REMANDED for a new trial.

WOLF, ROWE, and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.
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