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No “depraved mind”: First DCA reduces a second-degree murder conviction to manslaughter
An impulsive overreaction during a sudden, volatile domestic crisis is not the “ill will, hatred, spite, or evil intent” that second-degree murder requires. The First District Court of Appeal reversed a second-degree murder conviction and ordered a manslaughter judgment entered…
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Dec 31, 2025
Second DCA orders new sentencing after trial court refused to consider a downward departure
A Sarasota defendant who pleaded no contest to child-pornography charges is entitled to a new sentencing hearing, and before a different judge, because the trial court…