IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MICHAEL DAVID DUNN Appellant, al CASE NO. 1D14-4924 e p v. LT# 16-2012-CF-011572 p A f STATE OF FLORIDA, o t r u o Appellee. C t c i r t s Di t s ir F , r e ON APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT l e e OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, h W IN AND FOR DUVAL COUNTY, FLORIDA S. n o J M, INITIAL BRIEF OF APPELLANT P 6 5 0: 1 5 TERRY P. ROBERTS, ESQ. 1 FLORIDA BAR NO. 0526479 0 2 LAW OFFICE OF TERRY P. ROBERTS / 1 1 SPECIAL ASST. PUBLIC DEFENDER / 8 P.O. BOX 12366 , D TALLAHASSEE, FL 32308 E V (850) 590-8168 I (888) 648-3864 (FAX) E C COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT E R i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................. ii TABLE OF CITATIONS........................................... iii PRELIMINARY STATEMENT......................................... xv STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS................................ 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT........................................... 74 ARGUMENT...................................................... 79 I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL ON SELF-DEFENSE.................... 79 II. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING THE MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL FOR COUNTS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BASED ON LACK OF INTENT.................................. 99 III. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING APPELLANT’S REQUEST FOR THE INSTRUCTION ON PRESUMPTION OF FEAR...... 104 IV. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING DR. SIMONS TO TESTIFY IN MATTERS OF ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION........... 109 V. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN EXCLUDING EXPERT ON ACUTE STRESS.................................................. 125 VI. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN REMOVING JUROR 4....... 150 VII. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR A CHANGE OF VENUE................................... 161 VIII. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT FUNDAMENTALLY ERRED WHEN THE STATE URGED THE JURY TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ITS VERDICT................................................. 170 IX. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ANSWERING JURY QUESTION 174 CONCLUSION................................................... 183 SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY AND CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE............. 184 ii CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE.................................... 184 iii TABLE OF CITATIONS A. Federal Cases Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973)...........................................135 Chandler v. United States, 218 F.3d 1305 (11th Cir. 2000)................................180 Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975)...........................................135 Marquard v. Sec'y for the Dep't of Corr., 429 F.3d 1278 (11th Cir. 2005)................................180 Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984)...........................................180 Williams v. Allen, 458 F.3d 1233 (11th Cir. 2006)................................180 B. Florida Constitution and Statutes § 16, Art. I, Fla. Const. (1968)............................................161 § 11, Declaration of Rights, Fla. Const. (1885)............................................161 § 90.403, Fla. Stat. (2000)..........................................126-27 § 90.702, Fla. Stat. (2005)....................47, 110, 112, 125-27, 137-38 § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2005).............................................112 § 776.012, Fla. Stat. (1977)..............................................83 § 776.013, Fla. Stat. (1977)......................................75, 105-07 iv § 777.04, Fla. Stat. (2014).............................................100 § 782.02, Fla. Stat. (2012).............................................106 § 782.04, Fla. Stat. (2014).............................................100 § 910.03(3), Fla. Stat. (2012).............................................161 C. Florida Cases Agatheas v. State, 28 So.3d 204 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)..............................179 Allen v. State, 365 So.2d 456 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978)..........................136-38 Arkin Construction Company v. Simpkins, 99 So.2d 557 (Fla. 1957)......................................113 Baker v. State, 937 So.2d 297 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006).............................181 Barfield v. State, 880 So.2d 768 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)..............................127 Bell v. State, 768 So.2d 22 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000)...............................99 Bernal v. Lipp, 580 So. 2d 315 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).............................158 Bertolotti v. State, 476 So.2d 130 (Fla. 1985).....................................172 Birch v. Albert, 761 So.2d 355 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)..............................158 Bowman v. State, 748 So.2d 1082 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)............................180 v Brown v. State, 94 So. 874 (Fla. 1922)........................................177 Brown v. State, 454 So.2d 596 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984)...........................79-80 Brown v. State, 75 So.3d 352 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)...............................99 Bryant v. Buerman, 739 So.2d 710 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999).............................125 Buchman v. Seaboard Coast Line R.R., 381 So.2d 229 (Fla. 1980).....................................120 Campbell v. State, 679 So.2d 720 (Fla. 1996).....................................172 Card v. State, 803 So.2d 613 (Fla. 2001).....................................176 Chavers v. State, 901 So.2d 409 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)..........................104-05 Chavez v. State, 12 So.3d 199 (Fla. 2009)......................................139 Corzo v. State, 806 So.2d 642 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)..............................181 Council v. State, 98 So.3d 115 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)..............................127 Cromarty v. Ford Motor Co., 341 So.2d 507 (Fla. 1976).....................................136 De La Rosa v. Zequeira, 659 So.2d 239 (Fla. 1995)........................151-52, 156, 158 Dery v. State, 68 So.3d 252 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)..........................150, 152 Diaz v. State, 387 So.2d 978 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980)................82, 84, 90, 97-98 vi Dorsey v. State, 74 So.3d 521 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)..............................100 Dufour v. State, 905 So.2d 42 (Fla. 2005)......................................180 Filomeno v. State, 930 So.2d 821 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006).............................146 Fletcher v. State, 2015 Fla. LEXIS 1387 (Fla. June 25, 2015).....................172 Fowler v. State, 492 So.2d 1344 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986).............................82 Forget v. State, 782 So.2d 410 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001)...........................180-81 Fowler v. State, 921 So.2d 708 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)............................79-82 Gardner v. State, 530 So.2d 404 (Fla. 3d DCA 1988)..............................135 Goode v. State, 856 So.2d 1101 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)............................104 Grant v. State, 864 So.2d 503 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004).............................181 Grau v. Branham, 761 So.2d 375 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).............................176 Griffin v. State, 866 So.2d 1 (Fla. 2003).......................................162 Hall v. State, 568 So.2d 882 (Fla. 1990).....................................113 Hamilton v. State, 574 So.2d 124 (Fla. 1991).....................................151 Harvey v. State, 129 Fla. 289 (Fla. 1937)......................................139 vii Hawkins v. State, 206 So.2d 5 (Fla. 1968).......................................161 Hernandez Ramos v. State, 496 So.2d 837 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)............................79-80 Hood v. Matrixx Initiatives, 50 So.3d 1166 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)..........................146-47 Hosbein v. Silverstein, 358 So.2d 43 (Fla. 4th DCA 1978)..............................136 Huff v. State, 495 So.2d 145 (Fla. 1986).....................................120 Humble v. State, 652 So.2d 1213 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).......................143, 145 Hunter v. State, 687 So.2d 277 (Fla. 5th DCA 1997)..............................81 In re: Std. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases-Report No. 2013-02, 137 So.3d 995 (Fla. 2014).....................................100 In re: Std. Jury Instructions in Crim. Cases—Report No. 2013-07, 143 So.3d 893, 896 (Fla. 2014).................................90 James v. State, 843 So.2d 933 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).........................56, 159 Johnson v. State, 351 So.2d 10 (Fla. 1977)......................................161 Johnson v. State, 393 So.2d 1069 (Fla. 1980)...............................109, 120 Johnson v. State, 438 So.2d 774 (Fla. 1983).....................................109 Johnson v. State, 796 So.2d 1227 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)............................181 Johnson v. State, 100 So.3d 1158 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)............................162 viii Johnston v. State, 863 So.2d 271 (Fla. 2003).....................................125 Jones v. State, 748 So.2d 1012 (Fla. 1999)....................................120 Jones v. State, 790 So.2d 1194 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).........................79, 99 Jordan v. State, 694 So.2d 708 (Fla. 1997)..................................113-15 Keller Indus. v. Volk, 657 So.2d 1200 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995)............................135 Kelly v. Kinsey, 362 So.2d 402 (Fla. 1st DCA 1978)..........................112-13 Langston v. State, 789 So.2d 1024 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)............................104 Le Fevre v. Bear, 113 So.2d 390 (Fla. 2d DCA 1957)..............................113 Leavitt v. Krogen, 752 So.2d 730 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)..............................156 Leon v. State, 68 So.3d 351 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011)..............................140 Light v. State, 841 So.2d 623 (Fla. 2d DCA 2003)..............................100 Linn v. Fossum, 946 So.2d 1032 (Fla. 2006)....................................112 Mann v. State, 135 So.3d 450 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014).............................104 Marshall v. State, 664 So.2d 302 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995)...........................151-52 Mattek v. White, 695 So.2d 942 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).............................119 ix Masaka v. State, 4 So.3d 1274 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009)............................125-36 Mayo v. State, 71 So.2d 899 (Fla. 1954).......................................84 Mazzouccolo v. Gardner, McLain & Perlman, M.D., P.A., 714 So.2d 534 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998).............................158 McArthur v. State, 351 So.2d 972 (Fla. 1977)......................................84 McCaskill v. State, 344 So.2d 1276 (Fla. 1977)....................................162 McCray v. State, 89 Fla. 65 (Fla. 1925)........................................177 McDaniel v. State, 620 So.2d 1308 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993)............................100 McDuffie v. State, 970 So.2d 312 (Fla. 2007).....................................125 McMullen v. State, 714 So.2d 368 (Fla. 1998).....................................125 McNeil v. State, 158 So.3d 626 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014)........................150, 160 Mills v. Redwing Carriers, Inc., 127 So.2d 453 (Fla. 2d DCA 1961)..............................113 Mitchell v. State, 458 So.2d 819 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984).............................158 Mitchell v. State, 965 So.2d 246 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).............................120 Mordenti v. State, 630 So.2d 1080 (Fla. 1994)....................................176 Mordica v. State, 618 So.2d 301 (Fla. 1st DCA 1993).............................177 x