CAMPBELL v. STATE

No. T-460.

295 So.2d 374 (1974)

Augustus CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Thomas Shad, of Law Offices of S. Perry Penland, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Carolyn M. Snurkowski, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOYER, Judge.

The appellant seeks reversal of his conviction for manslaughter, claiming that the trial judge erred in failing to instruct the jury upon the definition of culpable negligence as contained in the instruction on that crime as given by the trial judge to the jury.

Appellant was charged by information with murder in the second degree. The evidence revealed a history of conflict between appellant and decedent. Self-defense was urged as the reason...

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