Jenkins v. State

Appellant, Joe Lewis Jenkins, challenges his convictions for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. Appellant’s conviction for second-degree murder is reversed because the trial court only instructed the jury on manslaughter by culpable negligence. Bradshaw v. State, 61 So.3d 1266, 1266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (holding that instructing the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter by instructing only as to the culpable negligence prong and omitting entirely the manslaughter by act aspect of the crime was fundamental error); Bolin v. State, 8 So.3d 428, 430 (Fla. 2d DCA…