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Burford v. State, No. 4D07-4272 (Fla. App. 4/29/2009) (Fla. App., 2009)

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BASIL BURFORD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. 4D07-4272. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. April 29, 2009.Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Pedro E. Dijols, Judge, L.T. Case No. 05-16088 CF10A. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Alan T. Lipson, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee. Ciklin, J. Basil Burford appeals his convictions for manslaughter by culpable negligence, vehicular homicide, and fleeing a law enforcement officer. Burford argues that his convictions for manslaughter by culpable negligence and vehicular homicide (which is a lesser included offense of manslaughter by culpable negligence) violate double jeopardy...continue to full post

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