State v. Gaulden
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtRay, J.
The State appeals from an order dismissing a charge that Jacob Thomas Gaul-den, Appellee, left the scene of a crash involving death, contrary to section 316.027(l)(b), Florida Statutes (2010). In granting Appellee’s motion to dismiss, the trial court concluded that a driver does not violate section 316.027(l)(b) by failing to stop when a passenger suffers death as a result of being separated from the driver’s moving vehicle. The State argues that this conclusion was error. For the reasons that follow, we agree and reverse.
The material facts are undisputed for the purposes of this appeal. The…
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