Criminal Law

Juvenile Homicide Cases: Florida v. Tate and Florida v. King

In Florida v. Tate, the facts supported charging the defendant with murder as well as charging him with a variety of lesser-included offenses, including the different levels of homicide and aggravated assault. However, there was no evidence of other crimes like kidnapping or conspiracy. In Florida v. King, the facts supported charging the juvenile defendants with conspiracy to commit murder. However, the facts also supported charging the adult defendant with sexual assault of a minor, conspiracy to commit murder, and it looks as if either harboring a runaway or kidnapping charges might also have applied to him.

Based on the facts in the case, the defense attorney in Florida v. Tate took an unusual approach in his defense of Tate. The injuries described in the articles about the case simply do not support the theory that the death...
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