Legal Opinion
Gentry v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 3, 1982No. 82-940PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
422 So.2d 1072 (1982)
Samuel Isaiah GENTRY, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-940.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
December 3, 1982.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.
GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge.
The main issue in this case is whether voluntary intoxication[1] may be a defense to attempted second degree murder.
The appellant choked his father and swore to kill him. He then snapped a pistol several times…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Garner v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1891
- Cirack v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1967
- Hutchinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
- Groneau v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
- Adams v. MurphySupreme Court of Florida · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. OverfeltSupreme Court of Florida · 1984
- Crozier v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
- Linehan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
- Gentry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- Overfelt v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1983
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