SINNEFIA v. STATE

No. 57-305.

100 So.2d 837 (1958)

Elaine SINNEFIA and Mary Saviola, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prebish & DuVal, Miami, for appellants.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and Irving B. Levenson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HORTON, Judge.

The appellants seek review of judgments and sentences entered on jury verdicts finding them guilty of manslaughter in an abortion attempt that took the life of the decedent. Each of the appellants was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary.

The first question we consider is the failure of the lower court to instruct the jury on the material elements of the crime, described in Section 782.10, Fla.

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