Jacob Thomas Gaulden v. State of Florida

We have for review Gaulden v. State (Gaulden II), 132 So.3d 916 (Fla. 1st DCA), review granted, 145 So.3d 824 (Fla. 2014), in which the First District Court of Appeal interpreted the meaning of the phrase “involved in a crash” in Florida’s hit-and-run statute, section 316.027, Florida Statutes (2010), Having concluded that a driver’s vehicle may be “involved in a crash” under this statute when a passen*1124ger separates from a moving vehicle and lands on the roadway or adjacent area, the district court affirmed Petitioner’s conviction for leaving the scene of a crash resulting in a person’s death,…