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CARPENTER v. STATE

No. 84-1656.

474 So.2d 1237 (1985)

Jessie CARPENTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

August 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Babb, Jr., Public Defender, and Marty E. Moore, Asst. Public Defender, Ocala, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Ellen D. Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Carpenter appeals from her conviction and sentence for second degree murder. She argues there was insufficient evidence adduced at trial to sustain the jury's verdict, and that at best the evidence would only sustain her conviction for manslaughter. We affirm on the ground that the issues of self defense, and whether Carpenter acted with a "depraved mind"1 when she shot the victim through the heart with a .22 caliber rifle...

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