Legal Opinion
Rozzelle v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 29, 2012No. 10-13595PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Per curiam
Roger Allen Rozzelle appeals the district court’s denial of his untimely 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging his Florida second-degree murder conviction. After review and oral argument, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
An information charged Petitioner Rozzelle with one count of second-degree murder, in violation of Florida Statutes § 782.04(2). This appeal centers around the “depraved mind” mens rea in § 782.04(2), which defines second-degree murder as “[t]he unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of…
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