WILTON v. STATE

No. 84-215.

455 So.2d 1142 (1984)

Darryl WILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, Bartow, and Douglas S. Connor, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Karla J. Staker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.

The significant point on this appeal is whether the throwing of a grapefruit at a passing tanker truck, thereby shattering its windshield and superficially cutting the driver, constitutes the crime of throwing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle.

The statute under which appellant was charged reads as follows:

790.19 Shooting into or throwing deadly missiles into dwellings...

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