HAMILTON v. STATE

No. 2926.

152 So.2d 793 (1963)

John D. HAMILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Hawes of Earle & Hawes, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee; Robert R. Crittenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for appellee.


KANNER, Acting Chief Judge.

Under two counts of an information, defendant was charged with (1) manslaughter in the culpably negligent operation of an automobile and (2) manslaughter while intoxicated. The jury found him guilty under the culpable negligence charge but acquitted him as to the second count; and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for a period of from six months to twenty years. Appeal from the...

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