District Court of Appeal of Florida December 12, 1997, No. 97-1297 (W.L.H. v. State)

COBB, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the act of intentionally pointing an automatic pistol at another person and pulling the trigger, resulting in the victim’s death, constitutes the crime of manslaughter, even though the perpetrator believed the pistol to be unloaded and did not intend to inflict physical harm.