Moore v. State

Appellant, a juvenile who was prosecuted as an adult, challenges his criminal conviction and prison sentence for attempted voluntary manslaughter on the following two grounds: (1) he was convicted of a nonexistent offense because attempted voluntary manslaughter by act is not a cognizable offense in Florida after our supreme court in State v. Montgomery, 39 So.3d 252 (Fla.2010), held that manslaughter by act does not require proof of intent to kill; and (2) the trial court violated Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 99 S.Ct. 2450, 61 L.Ed.2d 39 (1979), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.…