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566 So. 2d 611

Trace v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 19, 1990

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1990-09-19

Relies on 469 So. 2d 194 - Carter v. State · 564 So. 2d 618 - Dunlop v. Dunlop

Decided 1990-09-19

PER CURIAM.

¶1We reverse appellant’s conviction and sentence for resisting a police officer without violence and remand for a new trial. See Dion v. State, 564 So.2d 618 (Fla. 4th DCA 1990) (error for trial court to instruct jury as a matter of law that police officer was acting lawfully when he arrested appellant); See also Carter v. State, 469 So.2d 194, 195-96 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985) (failure to give a complete and accurate instruction on defendant’s only defense is fundamental error, reviewable in the complete absence of a request or objection).

¶2REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR A NEW TRIAL.

LETTS, GLICKSTEIN and GARRETT, JJ., concur.
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