WHATLEY, Judge.
Herbert Johnson appeals his judgment and sentence for second-degree murder with a firearm, arguing that the trial court committed fundamental error when it gave the standard jury instruction on the necessarily lesser-included offense of manslaughter by act. We are required to reverse based on the Florida Supreme Court's recent decision in State v. Montgomery, ___ So.3d ___, ___ (Fla.2010), in which the court held that the use of the standard...
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