Carpenter v. State

Carpenter appeals from her conviction and sentence for second degree murder. She argues there was insufficient evidence adduced at trial to sustain the jury’s verdict, and that at best the evidence would only sustain her conviction for manslaughter. We affirm on the ground that the issues of self defense, and whether Carpenter acted with a “depraved mind”1 when she shot the victim through the heart with a .22 caliber rifle were in this case questions for the jury. State v. Bryan, 287 So.2d 73 (Fla.1973), cert. denied, 417 U.S. 912, 94 S.Ct. 2611, 41 L.Ed.2d 216 (1974); Nagy v. State, 459…