BELL v. STATE

No. 79-1677/T4-686.

394 So.2d 570 (1981)

Gary Jerome BELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Larry S. Weaver, Attorney at Law, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Phillip D. Havens, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


COWART, Judge.

Appellant, after being arrested following a controlled drug buy, used a concealed derringer pistol to shoot two undercover agents. Agent Sears was shot in the head and Agent Wimberly in the throat. Both agents survived but the left side of Agent Sears' face was paralyzed; he is unable to close his left eye and is deaf in the left ear. Charges filed against appellant included attempted first-degree murder of Agent Wimberly (the information alleging that...

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