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REDDEN v. STATE

No. 85-819.

479 So.2d 236 (1985)

Ophelia REDDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Anthony Calvello, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Bartmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LETTS, Judge.

A defendant, charged and convicted of manslaughter, complains on appeal that her counsel's waiver of jury instructions as to lesser included crimes was insufficient because the defendant herself did not actually participate in the waiver. We affirm.

In Harris v. State, 438 So.2d 787 (Fla. 1983) the Supreme Court, in a capital case, held that the defendant, in addition to his counsel, must participate...

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