LACY v. STATE

No. 79-883.

387 So.2d 561 (1980)

Ethel Mae LACY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon H. Gutmacher and Thomas Cazel, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and John D. Cecilian, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


HERSEY, Judge.

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the crime of manslaughter. She appeals the judgment and sentence on three grounds: insufficiency of the evidence, illegality of the sentence and erroneous jury instructions. The first two grounds are without merit. The third basis urged for reversal raises an issue which requires clarification.

The jury instruction which appellant complains of is a standard jury instruction which reads as follows:

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