Court Opinion

ID: 9660353
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 22:11:06.139215+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:18.291104
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GROSS, C.J.,
specially concurring.
Appellant was convicted of violating section 782.071(l)(b), Florida Statutes (2008), a vehicular homicide aggravated by leaving the scene of the accident, so that the crime was a first degree felony. This was a close case on the issue of appellant’s recklessness, a necessary element of the crime. On that issue, we are bound by McCreary v. State, 371 So.2d 1024 (Fla.1979), a case involving slightly less egregious facts than those in this case. I also note that appellant might well have been charged under section 316.027(l)(b), Florida Statutes *900(2008), also a first degree felony, which does not require proof of recklessness.