State v. McGowan
State v. McGowan
Opinion of the Court
The State appeals an order quashing an information charging the defendant Helen Eiland McGowan with manslaughter.
The information substantially follows a form of such an information set out in the opinion in Patterson v. State, 1937, 128 Fla. 539, 175 So. 730. Although the wording is awkward, redundant, and leaves much to be desired from a rhetorical and grammatical standpoint and is in the conjunctive, it has been approved by our courts.
The information alleges all essential elements of the crime of manslaughter as set forth in § 782.07, F.S.A. Section 923.03(d), F.S.A., adopted in 1939, provides a form of information for manslaughter that is sufficient. Informations should fol
Accordingly, the cause is reversed.
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