LATULAS v. STATE

No. 81-2503.

419 So.2d 815 (1982)

Mark LATULAS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Randolph Q. Ferguson and John H. Lipinski, Sp. Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and William P. Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BARKDULL, SCHWARTZ and JORGENSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The single issue on this appeal is whether or not the concededly circumstantial evidence is sufficient to support a conviction for manslaughter. We agree with the appellant that the evidence is insufficient and, consequently, reverse.

The evidence at trial consisted of the exculpatory statement of the defendant and the testimony of the medical examiner who had performed the autopsy. The defendant's statement, introduced in the State's case in chief...

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