STATE v. JONES

No. 55551.

377 So.2d 1163 (1979)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Wiley JONES, Jr., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Robert J. Landry and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for petitioner.

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow and Wayne Chalu, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for respondent.


ALDERMAN, Justice.

We accept jurisdiction to review the decision of the district court in Jones v. State, 363 So.2d 1123 (Fla.2d DCA 1978), because of its apparent conflict with Zuberi v. State, 343 So.2d 664 (Fla.3d DCA 1977). We approve the decision of the district court in Jones and hold that the trial court's refusal in this felony-murder case to give any instruction on...

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