Legal Opinion

Aiken v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 25, 1983No. 81-1967PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

425 So.2d 641 (1983)

Donald AIKEN, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 81-1967.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 25, 1983.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Calianne P. Lantz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and NESBITT, JJ.

SCHWARTZ, Chief Judge.

Aiken was charged with second degree murder and found guilty of manslaughter. We reverse the conviction upon the holding that the victim's death was an excusable homicide.

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McArthur v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  2. Tipton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1957
  3. People v. VollmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
  4. State v. LangeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1967
  5. Clemons v. Flagler Hospital, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States v. Juan Garcia-PerezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
  2. Weir v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
  4. Maynard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  5. Acosta v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004

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