Darrell Wilson v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledApril 2, 2020
Docket1D19-2996
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-2996
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DARRELL WILSON,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Prohibition—Original Jurisdiction.
April 2, 2020
RAY, C.J.
Darrell Wilson petitions this Court for a writ of prohibition
following the denial of his motion to dismiss the attempted murder
charges against him. Wilson does not dispute that he shot the
adult and child victims, but he contends he is immune from
prosecution under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law because he
acted in self-defense. See § 776.012(2), Fla. Stat. (2017). After an
immunity hearing where the trial court made credibility calls and
weighed conflicting evidence, the court determined that the State
presented clear and convincing evidence to overcome the self-
defense claim. Because there is competent, substantial evidence
supporting the trial court’s findings, we deny the petition for writ
of prohibition on the merits. See Mederos v. State, 102 So. 3d 7, 11
(Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (affirming denial of Stand Your Ground
immunity where the testimony below “contradict[ed] wildly” and
there was competent, substantial evidence that the defendant was
not acting in self-defense when he stabbed the victim); Spires v.
State, 180 So. 3d 1175, 1180 (Fla. 3d DCA 2015) (“[S]o long as there
is competent substantial evidence to support the trial court’s
findings, the reviewing court must yield.”).
DENIED.
ROWE and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Yvens Pierre-Antoine of Florida Justice Group, LLC, Gainesville,
for Petitioner.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Robert “Charlie” Lee,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
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