Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1991

Perez v. State

Perez v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided April 30, 1991 · Baskin, Cope, Goderich
578 So. 2d 510; 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 4355; 1991 WL 65955 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Perez v. State

Opinion of the Court

CONFESSION OF ERROR

PER CURIAM.

As the State properly concedes, the trial court fundamentally erred in failing to make any reference to excusable homicide and justifiable homicide when instructing the jury as to attempted manslaughter. See State v. Smith, 573 So.2d 306 (Fla. 1990); Rojas v. State, 552 So.2d 914 (Fla. 1989). Accordingly, the defendant’s conviction and sentence for attempted second degree murder with a firearm is reversed and remanded for a new trial, and his sentences as to his remaining convictions are reversed and remanded for resentencing.

Reversed and remanded.

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