Mead v. State

SWANN, Judge.

The appellant, Mead, was tried without a jury and found guilty of unlawfully, feloniously and wantonly shooting a deadly missile into a used or occupied public building in violation of Fla.Stat. § 790.19, F.S.A.

He claims reversible error was committed because there was insufficient evidence submitted to support the guilty verdict. Although there is evidence to the contrary, Mead claims he was firing a shotgun in self-defense at the intended victim, who had just disarmed Mead of a pistol which he had been carrying, and that therefore he lacked the requisite intent under Golden v.…