King v. State

SLEET, Judge.

Antonio D. King challenges his convictions and sentences for one count each of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and attempted second-degree murder. We affirm his convictions and sentences but remand for the trial court to correct two scrivener’s errors on the written final judgment. We write only to explain why the giving of the standard attempted manslaughter jury instruction, which has since been deemed to be erroneous, did not amount to fundamental error. 1

The charges against King arose out of an incident that occurred in the yard of King’s aunt’s house. A…