PORTER v. STATE


88 So.2d 924 (1956)

HARVEY SYLVESTER PORTER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Florida, En Banc.

On Rehearing July 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence J. Stokes, Sr., and Thomas H. Stokes, Sarasota, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Joseph P. Manners, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of manslaughter for causing the death of a human being by culpable negligence in the operation of his automobile, and has appealed from the judgment of conviction. The point for determination on this appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction.

The accident resulting in the death of the decedent occurred at 9:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning at a street intersection on the outskirts of the city...

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