BERDECIA v. STATE

No. 3D05-229.

971 So.2d 846 (2007)

Abdel BERDECIA, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, and Benjamin Waxman, Miami, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Angel L. Fleming, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before COPE, RAMIREZ and SALTER, JJ.


RAMIREZ, J.

Abdel Berdecia appeals his judgment of conviction for manslaughter and aggravated battery and his sentence to thirteen years' imprisonment, followed by five years' probation. We affirm the aggravated battery conviction but reverse the manslaughter conviction.

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