TSAVARIS v. STATE

No. 81-1530.

414 So.2d 1087 (1982)

Louis J. TSAVARIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Ragano, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.

Louis J. Tsavaris appeals his conviction and sentence. Dr. Tsavaris, a psychiatrist, was charged in 1975 with the first-degree murder of Cassandra Burton, a former patient of his with whom he had allegedly been having an affair. The jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. We affirm.

The only issue raised which merits discussion is the question of the sufficiency...

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