Case Name: Henry E. CRUTCHFIELD, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-12-04
Citations: 589 So. 2d 1028
Docket Number: No. 90-1819
Parties: Henry E. CRUTCHFIELD, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 589
Pages: 1028–1029

Head Matter:
Henry E. CRUTCHFIELD, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1819.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Dec. 4, 1991.
Rehearing En Banc Denied Jan. 8, 1992.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Barbara J. Wolfe, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was charged by indictment with first degree murder and after a jury trial was found guilty of second degree murder with a firearm, a lesser included offense. He was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to seventeen years imprisonment with a three year mandatory minimum, followed by ten years probation. This appeal follows. We affirm.
Appellant's conviction for the killing of his twin brother, Harry, was tried under a theory of transferred intent, the state contending that appellant intended to shoot a deputy sheriff rather than his brother. Appellant contended that he did not intend to shoot anyone, and that the firearm went off by accident when he tripped over a rug.
We conclude the trial court did not err in denying appellant's motion for judgment of acquittal. See State v. Law, 559 So.2d 187 (Fla.1989), and Cochran v. State, 547 So.2d 928 (Fla.1989).
GLICKSTEIN, C.J., and WARNER, J., concur.
GARRETT, J., dissents with opinion.