Supreme Court of Florida

State v. Dumas

October 23, 1997700 So. 2d 1223

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida answered a certified question concerning the 1993 amendment to § 316.027, holding that the knowledge element required for a conviction is the same whether the offense involves injury or death. Accordingly, the Court reversed the Fifth District Court of Appeal's decision that the jury instruction requiring knowledge of death was required, and quashed that decision.