STATE v. YOUNG

No. 53829.

371 So.2d 1029 (1979)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. James Benny YOUNG, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

M. David Alexander, III, of Boswell, Boswell, Conner & Alexander, Bartow, for respondent.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

The District Court of Appeal, Second District, has certified to us its decision in State v. Young, 357 So.2d 416 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978), as passing upon a question of great public interest.

The question presented is whether the vehicular homicide statute, section 782.071, Florida Statutes (1975),1 is the only statute under which a person who negligently causes the death...

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