State v. Naumowicz

WENTWORTH, Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari for review of a nonfinal pretrial order denying the state’s motion in limine to exclude evidence or argument regarding a decedent victim’s blood alcohol level in respondent’s trial on DUI manslaughter charges. The state contends that the trial court erred in denying the motion in that the Florida Supreme Court has not expressly receded from its ruling in Armenia v. State, 497 So.2d 638 (Fla.1986) that DUI manslaughter is a strict liability offense for which proof of a causal relationship between the manner of operation of the defendant’s…