ARMENIA v. DUGGER

No. 88-3416.

867 F.2d 1370 (1989)

Frank ARMENIA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. O'Neill, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Daytona Beach, Fla., for petitioner-appellant.

Margene A. Roper, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we determine that a Florida statute which imposes felony punishment on a strict liability basis does not violate the due process clauses of the Constitution of the United States. We affirm.

FACTS

On December 2, 1983, a runaway automobile passed across the right-of-way in which Frank Armenia operated his automobile. Although a collision occurred, the state of Florida's accident reconstruction experts established...

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