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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 73-878.

297 So.2d 35 (1974)

Aaron JOHNSON, a/k/a Aaron Ferguson, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 26, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Robert B. Persons, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, Sarasota, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

GRIMES, Judge.

Appellant was tried for and convicted of second degree murder. His only point on appeal is that despite his request the judge did not instruct the jury on the penalty for the crime with which he was charged.

Rule 3.390(a) of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, 33 F.S.A. provides that:

"The presiding judge shall charge the jury only upon the law of the case at the conclusion of argument of counsel, and must include in said...

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