Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 14, 2011No. 4D09-3260PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGerber, J.

After consideration of the three arguments which the defendant raises in this *1022appeal, we affirm the defendant’s convictions and sentence. We write to address only the defendant’s argument that the trial court committed fundamental error in giving the standard jury instruction on attempted voluntary manslaughter which contains language regarding the defendant “committing] an act which was intended to cause the death of’ the victim. We affirm on that argument consistent with our opinion in Williams v. State, 40 So.3d 72 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) (giving of the standard jury instruction on attempted…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  2. Lamb v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  3. Burton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  4. Houston v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  5. Burrows v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Jenkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  2. Davis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014

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