Case Name: Sylvester McAFEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1972-06-21
Citations: 264 So. 2d 75
Docket Number: No. 72-33
Parties: Sylvester McAFEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PIERCE, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 264
Pages: 75–76

Head Matter:
Sylvester McAFEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 72-33.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 21, 1972.
Walter R. Talley, Public Defender, and D. Turner Matthews, Asst. Public Defender, Bradenton, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corees, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
MANN, Judge.
McAfee contends that he was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree on insufficient evidence because he was barefooted when he kicked Police Officer Gaddis in the face. This argument is fallacious. McAfee was part of a crowd, some of whom were objecting to Officer Gaddis' efforts, with his partner, Officer Lewis, to stop a fight between two men. Somebody shouted, "Kill the pig." Another said, "Get his gun and kill the m-f-" Another man or men had beaten Gaddis badly, causing him to fall on the hood of a car, and later in the gutter. McAfee's kick rendered him unconscious.
This was a mob, and all of the active participants were guilty of the crime. State v. Roby, Fla.1971, 246 So.2d 566. A jury was justified in believing that the intent behind the assault was to kill.
Affirmed.
PIERCE, C. J., and LILES, J., concur.