Case Name: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David O. COLE, Jr., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-04-15
Citations: 710 So. 2d 122
Docket Number: No. 97-2561
Parties: STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David O. COLE, Jr., Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, MINER and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 710
Pages: 122–123

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. David O. COLE, Jr., Appellee.
No. 97-2561.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 15, 1998.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Denise 0. Simpson, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Barry 0. Beroset, of Beroset & Keene, Pensacola, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Here, the State appeals from an order granting a motion to dismiss a manslaughter by culpable negligence count in an indictment brought against David Cole, Jr., as the result of an automobile accident in which a motorist was killed. The same order denied dismissal of a vehicular homicide count in the indictment, from which portion of the order Mr. Cole appeals. We affirm the trial court's ruling regarding the vehicular homicide count, but reverse that portion of the order dismissing the manslaughter count.
To the counts in the indictment, the State filed a traverse to Cole's motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.190(c)(4). Cole argues that the undisputed facts laid out in such motion and traverse will not, as a matter of law, support a conviction for vehicular homicide, much less manslaughter.
Without belaboring the facts of the ease as revealed in the motion and traverse, we find that the State has raised disputed issues of material fact regarding Cole's recent history of seizures and further that the matters alleged in the traverse could result in Cole's conviction for manslaughter by culpable negligence.
Accordingly, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further consistent proceedings.
JOANOS, MINER and WEBSTER, JJ., concur.