Skinner v. State

Jesse SKINNER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 24, 1984.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1984-05-24

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“[We] hold that section 790.19 ... is violated by a person who intentionally shoots at, within, or into a building for the primary purpose, or with the specific intent, of shooting at a person in or near the building, as well as by a person who shoots at, within, or into a building per se. (emphasis added)”

quoted by 5 later decisions, including Carter v. State, 950 So. 2d 505 - Kettell v. State

Relies on 120 So. 2d 651 - Golden v. State · 447 So. 2d 1040 - Ballard v. State · 436 So. 2d 248 - Johnson v. State

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1984-05-24

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently April 2008

9 state decisions

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¶1James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Lucinda H. Young, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

¶2Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Kenneth McLaughlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

¶3COWART, Judge.

¶4We agree with Ballard v. State,447 So.2d 1040 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), and hereby *596 express direct conflict with Golden v. State,120 So.2d 651 (Fla. 1st DCA 1960), and now expressly hold that section 790.19, Florida Statutes (1983), is violated by a person who intentionally shoots at, within, or into a building for the primary purpose, or with the specific intent, of shooting at a person in or near the building, as well as by a person who shoots at, within, or into the building per se. See Johnson v. State,436 So.2d 248 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).

¶5AFFIRMED.

¶6ORFINGER, C.J., and FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., J., concur.