BENEDIT v. STATE

No. 90-349.

575 So.2d 236 (1991)

William BENEDIT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing March 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Kalter, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Charles M. Fahlbusch, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN, FERGUSON and LEVY, JJ.


FERGUSON, Judge.

This case graphically presents a deadly phenomenon now endemic in our social fabric. In a mindless moment of "machismo", one young man, for reason of a petty grievance, looks for and finds a handgun which he uses to snuff out the life of an acquaintance.

The blame for these recurring incidents has been laid, in great part, on an easy availability of efficient weapons of destruction and an entertainment...

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