CITY OF MIAMI v. BENITEZ

No. 59-439.

116 So.2d 463 (1959)

CITY OF MIAMI, Petitioner, v. Pedro BENITEZ, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

December 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pallot, City Attorney, and James J. McVeigh, Asst. City Atty., Miami, for petitioner.

Walter E. Gwinn, Miami, for respondent.

Darrey A. Davis, County Atty., Miami, Richard E. Gerstein, State Atty., and Eugene P. Spellman, Asst. State Atty., Miami, amici curiae.


HORTON, Chief Judge.

Petition for writ of certiorari was filed in this court by the City of Miami to review a final judgment of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, dated June 17, 1959, which reversed a judgment of conviction of the respondent in the municipal court of the City of Miami on May 31, 1958. The respondent was charged with operating a motor vehicle in a willful and wanton disregard for the safety and property of others, and otherwise...

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