Holland v. State

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

SILBERMAN, Judge.

In November 2007, Steven D. Holland was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and second-degree murder for the shooting of his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the man she agreed to meet one night after her bartending shift. This court affirmed and rejected Holland’s challenge to his second-degree murder conviction based on what he asserted was an erroneous jury instruction for the lesser-included offense of manslaughter by act. See Holland v. State, 22 So.3d 129, 130 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009). 1 The case law regarding this jury…