NAZWORTH v. STATE

No. 83-640.

473 So.2d 214 (1985)

Roy Arthur NAZWORTH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Lambert, P.A., Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kenneth McLaughlin and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.

Nazworth was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of his wife. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment with the trial court retaining jurisdiction over the first one-half of the sentence. As to the conviction, we find no error and affirm. We do find a problem, however, with the retention of jurisdiction portion of the sentence.

Nazworth committed his crime on February 2, 1983, and was convicted and sentenced...

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