Arnold Jerome Knight v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-309 ____________ ARNOLD JEROME KNIGHT, Petitioner, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. December 19, 2019 PER CURIAM. We review the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Knight v. State,

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(Fla. 1st DCA 2018), which affirmed Knight’s conviction for attempted second-degree murder with a weapon where the jury was given an erroneous jury instruction on the lesser included offense of attempted voluntary manslaughter with a weapon.1 For the reasons that follow, we approve the result of the First District’s decision but not its…