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GETSIE v. STATE

No. 215.

193 So.2d 679 (1966)

John GETSIE III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, and C. Wendell Harris, Vero Beach, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James T. Carlisle, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vero Beach, for appellee.

KANNER, Associate Judge (Ret.).

Defendant-appellant, John Getsie III, was charged with and convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife. The basis for the State's prosecution of him was manslaughter through culpable negligence; Getsie's defense at the trial was that of accident. The only evidence under which the State sought to prove culpable negligence was the version of Getsie himself, there having been no other eyewitness.

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