MARTIN v. STATE

No. SC17-200.

259 So.3d 733 (2018)

Dante MARTIN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 13, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rupak R. Shah of Escobar & Associates, P.A., Tampa, Florida, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, Wesley Heidt , Bureau Chief, Kristen L. Davenport and Bonnie Jean Parrish , Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.

Michael R. Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida; and M. Stephen Turner of M. Stephen Turner, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida, For Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Arthur (Buddy) Jacobs of Jacobs Scholz & Associates LLC, Fernandina Beach, Florida, for Amicus Curiae Professor Gregory S. Parks for HazingPrevention.org.


For conduct committed in connection with the activities of the Florida A & M University's marching band, the Marching 100, Dante Martin was convicted of manslaughter, felony hazing resulting in death, and two counts of misdemeanor hazing. On appeal, the Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed his convictions and sentences and rejected...

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