State v. Rudolph

After an encounter between the defendant, appellee Joann Rudolph, and an alleged victim, the victim died as a result of an abdominal stab wound caused by a knife. The State charged the defendant with manslaughter alleging that the defendant’s “own act, procurement, or culpable negligence, without lawful justification or excuse,” killed the victim by stabbing the victim with a sharp instrument. Immediately prior to trial the defendant filed a motion to dismiss the information under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.190(c)(4) arguing that the sworn depositions of the State’s witnesses were…