SMITH v. STATE

No. 4D08-1981.

15 So.3d 899 (2009)

Antonio Antwan SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi L. Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

DAMOORGIAN and GERBER, JJ., concur.

GROSS, C.J., specially concurring.

Appellant was convicted of violating section 782.071(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2008), a vehicular homicide aggravated by leaving the scene of the accident, so that the crime was a first degree felony. This was a close case on the issue of appellant's recklessness, a necessary element of the crime. On that issue, we are bound by McCreary v....

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