Lawson v. State
| Citation | 563 So.2d 632 |
| Parties | Lawson (Gerald) v. State NO. 75,374 |
| Decision Date | 12 April 1990 |
| Court | Florida Supreme Court |
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Watson v. Dugger
... ... He contends that his constitutional rights were violated because the trial court did not require the State to prove each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt when it failed to instruct the jury that the circumstances must show that either the ... See Lawson v. State, 552 So.2d 257 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1989), review denied, 563 So.2d 632 (Fla.1990) (jury instruction which left out necessary element of offense ... ...
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State v. Delva
... ... If actual knowledge of the substance is not at issue as a defensive matter, however, failure to give the Dominguez instruction is not fundamental error, and the contemporaneous objection rule will be applied. E.g., Lawson v. State, 552 So.2d 257 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989), review denied, 563 So.2d 632 (Fla.1990); State v. Austin, 532 So.2d 19 (Fla ... Page 646 ... 5th DCA), review denied, 537 So.2d 568 (Fla.1988); Lee v. State, 526 So.2d 777 (Fla. 2d DCA 1988) ... I basically agree with the ... ...
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Gonzalez v. State
... ... Gonzalez never offered his own definition of "purchase." The jury was given the standard dictionary definition of purchase and the standard jury instruction on burden of proof. Defendants were not prejudiced by either of these instructions. See Lawson ... ...