Page v. State

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of second degree murder as charged. The only point presented arises from the fact that the jury was instructed in accordance with the “interim” manslaughter by act instruction, see In re Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (2007-10), 997 So.2d 403, 404-405 (Fla.2008), as follows:

To prove the crime of manslaughter as a lesser included offense to second degree murder, the State must prove the following two elements beyond a reasonable doubt: One[, the victim] is dead. And two[, the defendant] intentionally caused the death of…