MURPHY v. STATE

Nos. 69-443, 69-559, 69-561.

240 So.2d 854 (1970)

Richard MURPHY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 6, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Russ, Charles R. Trulock, Jr., and Michael F. Cycmanick, of Law Offices of James M. Russ, Orlando, for appellant.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Rodney Durrance, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WALDEN, Judge.

This is a corpus delicti case. We reverse because essential elements thereof were not proven.

Appellant-defendant, Richard Murphy, was charged in separate informations with the unlawful killing of Linda Greenwood and Mary Gulley through culpable negligence based on F.S. 1967, section 782.07, F.S.A. Defendant was the driver of an automobile involved in an accident, in which (allegedly) the two girls named in the informations were killed. Defendant...

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