PENTON v. STATE

No. 757.

114 So.2d 381 (1959)

Laverne PENTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steadman S. Stahl, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


KANNER, Judge.

The jury found Laverne Penton guilty of manslaughter of a youth by the name of Robert Heeney through culpable negligence in the operation of an automobile and found him not guilty on the charge of manslaughter when driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced to a term of five years in the state prison.

Penton, challenging here the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding of culpable negligence, contends that culpably negligent operation...

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