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CRAPPS v. MURCHEK

No. 75-1180.

330 So.2d 173 (1976)

Johnnie Mae CRAPPS, Petitioner, v. Paul MURCHEK, Director, Parole and Probation Commission, State of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and David B. Linn, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Basil S. Diamond, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Paul G. Saunders, III, Legal Intern, David H. Bludworth, State's Atty., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

OWEN, Judge.

Through no fault of the trial judge, a failure in communications between the court and the jury in the matter of the jury instructions has led to a result which we perceive to be a substantial miscarriage of justice and which we here rectify by granting petitioner a new trial.

Petitioner, convicted of manslaughter, has been granted delayed appellate review by writ of habeas corpus. She was charged with...

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