WILSON TILLMAN, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
WILSON TILLMAN, APPELLANT,
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
440 So. 2d 666
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1983)
Positive Treatment
Cited by 3 cases
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
We affirm appellant’s convictions for second degree murder, attempted manslaughter, and carrying a concealed firearm. While affirming the manslaughter conviction, we also certify the following question of great public importance to the Supreme Court of Florida:
IS THERE A CRIME OF ATTEMPTED MANSLAUGHTER UNDER THE STATUTES OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA?
Brown v. State, 431 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983); Taylor v. State, 401 So. 2d 812 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).
AFFIRMED but CERTIFIED.
ERVIN, C.J., JOANOS, J., and TILLMAN PEARSON (Ret.), Associate Judge, concur.
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- Taylor v. State, 401 So. 2d 812 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981)
- Brown v. State, 431 So. 2d 247 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)