Opinion
No. 4D09–556.
2014-06-4
Rene RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Paul L. Backman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 07–7721CF10A. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Paul L. Backman, Judge; L.T. Case No. 07–7721CF10A.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Heidi Bettendorf, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT
PER CURIAM.
The Supreme Court quashed the decision in this case and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its decision in Williams v. State, 123 So.3d 23 (Fla.2013). Appellant was convicted of attempted second degree murder and other crimes. As in Williams, the circuit court committed fundamental error by giving a faulty instruction on attempted manslaughter. Appellant's attempted second degree murder conviction was one step removed from attempted manslaughter. Id. at 24. Based on Williams, we reverse appellant's convictions and remand for a new trial. GROSS, CIKLIN and FORST, JJ., concur.