House v. State

The appellant was charged and convicted of robbery. He contends in this appeal that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to instruct the jury on attempted robbery, as a lesser included offense of robbery. We find merit in appellant’s contention and reverse.

Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.510 provides:

“Upon an indictment or information upon which the defendant is to be tried for any offense the jurors may convict the defendant of an attempt to commit such offense if such attempt is an offense, or may convict him of any offense which is necessarily included in the offense charged. The court…