SALLAVIRTA v. STATE

No. 67-950.

210 So.2d 487 (1968)

Erro SALLAVIRTA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

May 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reasbeck & Fegers, W. Hollywood, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Arthur L. Rothenberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and HENDRY, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, who was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality, presents a single point on his appeal. He urges that the trial court erred in adjudicating him guilty because the evidence demonstrated he was insane when the illegal act was committed.

Since sanity is a usual condition of man, one charged with a crime is presumed to be sane. Davis v. State, 44 Fla. 32, 32 So. 822, 828 (1902); Evans v. State, Fla.App. 1962...

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