Case Name: Thomas SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-04-18
Citations: 357 So. 2d 482
Docket Number: No. 77-1224
Parties: Thomas SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 357
Pages: 482–482

Head Matter:
Thomas SMITH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 77-1224.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 18, 1978.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Thomas G. Murray, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before HAVERFIELD, C. J., and PEARSON and NATHAN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant appeals an adjudication of guilt of the crimes of aggravated assault and the unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. The judgment was entered on a jury verdict. The single point presented urges that the court erred in denying defendant's motions for a judgment of acquittal made at the conclusion of the State's case and at the conclusion of all the evidence.
The burden of defendant's argument is that there was no proof of criminal intent sufficient to sustain the conviction. Defendant confessed and later testified that he shot the victim during a domestic argument. His testimony was that he was only trying to scare the victim and that he shot her accidentally. Proof of intent may be supplied by the circumstances. Skold v. State, 263 So.2d 627 (Fla. 3d DCA 1972). Cf. DuPree v. State, 310 So.2d 396 (Fla. 2d DCA 1975).
Affirmed.