HAMMER v. STATE

No. BB-57.

343 So.2d 856 (1976)

Reginald F. HAMMER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Ervin, III, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Charles W. Musgrove, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

The ghost of Hand1 and Brown2 continues to hover above the trial bench as to its responsibility to give requested instructions on lesser included offenses in a criminal trial.

Appellant Hammer was charged by an indictment of committing the crime of robbery. The trial court instructed the jury on robbery and on the lesser...

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