Legal Opinion
Penton v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 2, 1959No. 757PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
114 So.2d 381 (1959)
Laverne PENTON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 757.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.
September 2, 1959.
Rehearing Denied September 22, 1959.
Steadman S. Stahl, Jr., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen., and David U. Tumin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
KANNER, Judge.
The jury found Laverne Penton guilty of manslaughter of a youth by the name of Robert Heeney through culpable negligence in the operation of an automobile and found him not guilty on the charge of manslaughter when driving while intoxicated. He was sentenced…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hunt v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
- Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1897
- Hopper v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1951
- Tongay v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1955
- Bellamy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1908
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Meshell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- State v. ClaytonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
- Hamilton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
- Talbert v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1977
- Land v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1963
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