Williams v. State

Dustin J. Williams appeals his criminal convictions and sentences for manslaughter and grand theft of a firearm. Williams, who was seventeen years old at the time of these offenses, accidentally shot and killed his best friend, Robert Scott Thomas. The firearm he used had been stolen from a deputy’s vehicle the day before. We find no error in the trial court’s denial of the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the manslaughter charge because there was competent substantial evidence to support manslaughter. See Sapp v. State, 913 So.2d 1220, 1223 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005). We also find no…