Supreme Court of Florida

Thompson v. State, 695 So. 2d 691 (Fla. 1997), which held that knowledge of the victim's status as a law enforcement officer is a necessary element of attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer, cannot be applied retroactively pursuant to Sweeney v. State, 722 So. 2d 928 Fla. 4th DCA 1998).

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/22/2005
• Published 09/22/2005

Judges

• LEWIS, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charlie J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Robert R. Wheeler, Bureau Chief Criminal Appeals, and Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner., Kirk N. Kirkconnell and William R. Ponall of Kirkconnell, Lindsey, Snure and Yates, P.A., on behalf of The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Winter Park, FL, as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.