          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-4135
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CHRISTOPHER NATHANIEL
BROWN,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Emergency Petition for a Writ of Prohibition—Original
Jurisdiction.

                           June 22, 2018


PER CURIAM.

     The petition is DENIED without prejudice to Petitioner’s
ability to raise the affirmative defense of self-defense at trial. See
Mederos v. State, 102 So. 3d 7, 11 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

LEWIS, ROBERTS, and JAY, 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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Candice K. Brower, Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel,
and Patricia Kyser, Assistant Regional Counsel, Jacksonville, for
Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Steve Woods, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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