GENTRY v. STATE

No. 62973.

437 So.2d 1097 (1983)

Samuel Isaiah GENTRY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Charles Corces, Jr., Tampa, and C. Andrew Thomas, Tallahassee, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.


SHAW, Justice.

The petitioner seeks review of a district court of appeal opinion holding that voluntary intoxication is not a defense to the charge of attempted second-degree murder. Gentry v. State, 422 So.2d 1072 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). The case was certified to this Court as being in direct conflict with Worthey v. State, 395 So.2d 1210 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), which states by way of a...

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