Legal Opinion

Perez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 30, 1991No. 90-2142PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CONFESSION OF ERROR

2Per curiam

As the State properly concedes, the trial court fundamentally erred in failing to make any reference to excusable homicide and justifiable homicide when instructing the jury as to attempted manslaughter. See State v. Smith, 573 So.2d 306 (Fla.1990); Rojas v. State, 552 So.2d 914 (Fla.1989). Accordingly, the defendant’s conviction and sentence for attempted second degree murder with a firearm is reversed and remanded for a new trial, and his sentences as to his remaining convictions are reversed and remanded for resentencing.

Reversed and remanded.

3Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State v. SmithSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
  2. Rojas v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989

4Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kitchen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Perez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992