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Hicks v. State

Citations

  • 41 So. 3d 327
  • 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 10444
  • 2010 WL 2788652

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that second-degree murder, unlike manslaughter, “is committed when' the element of ill will, hatred, spite, or evil intent is present”
  • holding that the State failed to prove ill will, spite, or evil intent when the defendant, pursued by the police, drove on the interstate into oncoming traffic at about 76 miles per hour, hit another car head on, and killed the driver
  • finding ineffective assistance of counsel on face of record for trial counsel’s failure to properly move for judgment of acquittal
  • describing ineffective assistance on the face of the record when defense counsel failed to move for a judgment of acquittal
  • finding ineffective assistance on the face of the record where counsel failed to move for judgment of acquittal in second-degree murder case despite the State's failure to offer evidence showing ill will, hatred, spite, or evil intent
  • finding ineffective assistance on the face of the record where counsel failed to move for judgment of acquittal in second- degree murder case despite the State's failure to offer evidence showing ill will, hatred, spite, or evil intent

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Judges: Morris, Casanueva, Crenshaw

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