Legal Opinion
Kish v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 28, 2014No. 1D13-1093PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOsterhaus, J.
Appellant Jennifer Kish appeals her convictions on three counts of culpable negligence under section 784.05(1), Florida Statutes, for allowing her children, ages 10, 8, and 7, who were sick with cold and upper respiratory symptoms, to be left unsupervised for two to three hours after school until adults arrived home from work. Ms. Kish argues that the trial court should have granted her motion for judgment of acquittal because the evidence was insufficient to establish culpable negligence. We agree and reverse.
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On January 26, 2012, Ms. Kish was called away to Jacksonville in the middle of…
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