Haygood v. State

Jeremy Haygood appeals his judgment of conviction for second-degree murder and his resulting sentence of life imprisonment. Relying in part on State v. Montgomery, 39 So.3d 252 (Fla.2010), he submits that the trial court committed fundamental error by delivering the then-standard jury instruction on manslaughter by act. Although Mr. Haygood’s argument is arguably supported by supreme court precedent, we adhere to the precedent of this district as established in Barros-Dias v. State, 41 So.3d 370 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010), and Nieves v. State, 22 So.3d 691 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009), and we accordingly…