DEAN v. STATE

No. 4D14-681.

199 So.3d 932 (2016)

Christopher T. DEAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melanie Dale Surber , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


The central issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on manslaughter as a category one lesser included offense of second-degree felony murder. We hold that, at the time of trial, the law in this district supported the trial judge's decision not to give the instruction.

Appellant Christopher...

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