TYUS v. STATE

No. 1D02-0343.

845 So.2d 318 (2003)

Albert TYUS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Leonard Holton, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Felicia A. Wilcox, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


LEWIS, J.

Appellant, Albert Tyus, appeals from his conviction for manslaughter. Appellant contends that his act of burglarizing an elderly woman's residence did not constitute the legal cause of the resident's death by fatal cardiac dysrhythmia and that the trial court therefore erred in denying his Motion for Judgment of Acquittal. Because the State presented legally sufficient evidence during the trial to support each element of manslaughter, including the legal...

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