Newborn v. State
| Citation | 75 So. 581,73 Fla. 1064 |
| Parties | NEWBORN v. STATE. |
| Decision Date | 14 May 1917 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Florida |
Error to Circuit Court, Leon County; E. C. Love, Judge.
Eddie Newborn was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit manslaughter, and he brings error. Reversed.
Syllabus by the Court
To constitute the crime of assault with intent to commit manslaughter with a deadly weapon, there must concur with the use of a deadly weapon, to take the offense out of the category of an aggravated assault, which is a misdemeanor, the further element of an intent to commit manslaughter upon the person of the assaulted party.
Where the evidence is insufficient to sustain the verdict, a new trial should be granted.
COUNSEL Fred H. Davis, Jr., of Tallahassee, for plaintiff in error.
T. F. West, Atty. Gen., and T. S. Trantham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Eddie Newborn was indicted for an assault with intent to commit murder, and was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit manslaughter. On writ of error it is argued that the verdict is contrary to the law and to the evidence, and that the court erred in refusing to give a requested charge. As the substance of the requested charge had already been given, the refusal to in effect repeat the charge was not error.
To constitute the crime of assault with intent to commit manslaughter with a deadly weapon, there must concur with the use of a deadly weapon, to take the offense out of the category of an aggravated assault, which is a misdemeanor, the further element of an intent to commit manslaughter upon the person of the assaulted party. Johnson v. State, 53 Fla. 45, 43 So. 779; Griffin v. State, 72 So. 475.
The evidence that the accused was seen running from behind the house after the shot was fired through a near window does not show him to be the guilty person; and the circumstances in evidence do not clearly show the requisite particular intent; therefore a new trial should be granted.
Judgment reversed.
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