STATE v. KETTELL

No. SC07-573.

980 So.2d 1061 (2008)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Charles A. KETTELL, Sr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Robert J. Krauss, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Richard M. Fishkin, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Alisa Smith and Bruce P. Taylor, Assistant Public Defenders, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Respondent.


CANTERO, J.

In this case we decide whether the crime of wantonly or maliciously shooting into a building can be established solely by proof of the shooting itself. We review Kettell v. State, 950 So.2d 505 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007), where the trial court instructed the jury as much. The Second District Court of Appeal reversed, however, holding that the statute required more than mere proof of the shooting. That decision directly...

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