Legal Opinion
Haygood v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 14, 2013No. SC11-294PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLabarga, J.
This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Haygood v. State, 54 So.3d 1035 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011), in which the Second District certified a question to this Court to be of great public importance. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const. We rephrase the certified question as follows:
IF A JURY RETURNS A VERDICT FINDING A DEFENDANT GUILTY OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, DOES A TRIAL COURT COMMIT FUNDAMENTAL ERROR BY GIVING AN ERRONEOUS MANSLAUGHTER BY ACT INSTRUCTION WHEN IT ALSO GIVES AN INSTRUCTION ON MANSLAUGHTER BY CULPABLE…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State v. DelvaSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- State v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Florida · 2010
- Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- D'ANGELO v. FitzmauriceSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
- Pena v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
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3Cited by88 opinions
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