State v. Young

357 So.2d 416 (1978)

STATE of Florida, Appellant,

v.

James Benny YOUNG, Appellee.

No. 77-757.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 18, 1978.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1978.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellant.

M. David Alexander of Boswell, Boswell & Conner, Bartow, for appellee.

SCHEB, Judge.

In a prosecution for reckless operation of a motor vehicle resulting in death, can the state charge a defendant under the general manslaughter statute, or must he be charged under the vehicular homicide statute…