BAIRD

v.

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES

Citator

Cited By

• Berry v. State, 566 So. 2d 22 (Fla. 1st DCA 1990)
  …lness” element, the state only needed to show that the willful act was done without a legitimate, lawful purpose. Lofton v. State, 416 So. 2d 522 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), rev. denied, 429 So. 2d 6 (Fla.1983), cert. denied sub. nom., DeAndrea v. Florida, 464 U.S. 843, 104 S.Ct. 142, 78 L.Ed.2d 134 (1983). The state satisfied this burden by presenting evidence that appellant intentionally burned the home for the purpose of collecting the fire insurance proceeds.2 Finally, the statute expressly proscribes willful…
• M.T.A. v. State, 182 So. 3d 689 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015)
  …order to alleviate the perceived difficulty of proving malice or evil intent in order to obtain an arson conviction. See Lofton v. State, 416 So. 2d 522, 523 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982), rev. denied, 429 So. 2d 6 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, DeAndrea v. Fla., 464 U.S. 843, 104 S.Ct. 142, 78 L.Ed.2d 134 (1983). After the amendment, the State no longer needed to prove evil intent on the part of the perpetrator, but still must show that a willful -act was done unlawfully, -meaning without a legitimate, lawful purpose.…
• Murphy v. Manfred Holland, 776 F.2d 470 (4th Cir. 1985)
  …pproving view” of trial court instructions on reasonable doubt. Other courts have been no less condemning of trial court efforts to enlighten jurors on the concept of reasonable doubt. Whiteside v. Parke, 705 F. 2d 869, 871 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 843, 104 S.Ct. 141, 78 L.Ed.2d 133 (1983); United States v. Martin-Trigona, 684 F. 2d 485, 493 (7th Cir.1982); Dunn v. Perrin, 570 F. 2d 21, 23 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 910, 98 S.Ct. 3102, 57 L.Ed.2d 1141 (1978). . A single instruction cannot…