CORDIER v. STATE

No. 94-0527.

652 So.2d 505 (1995)

G. Elizabeth CORDIER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 29, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Kibbey and Richard A. Barlow of Kibbey & Barlow, Stuart, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We reverse appellant's conviction for leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury or death because of the absence of any instruction to the jury on constructive knowledge of the injury. We remand for a new trial.

The trial court read the following instruction to the jury without objection:

Before you can find Elizabeth Cordier guilty of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in the death of a person, the state...

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