Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2009

White v. State

White v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 28, 2009 · Allen, Clark, Hawkes
16 So. 3d 1004; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 14420; 2009 WL 2777092 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

White v. State

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The appellant challenges his conviction for second degree murder with a firearm. Because fundamental error occurred when the trial court gave the standard jury instruction for the lesser-included offense of manslaughter by act, which an average juror would understand as requiring the additional element of intent to kill, the appellants conviction is reversed and the case is remanded for further proceedings. See Montgomery v. State, 34 Fla. L. Weekly D360, — So.3d-, 2009 WL 350624 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009); Washington v. State, 18 So.3d 600, 2009 WL 975463 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009).

HAWKES, C.J., ALLEN, and CLARK, JJ., concur.

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