JOE LEWIS JENKINS, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA JOE LEWIS JENKINS, Appellant, v. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED CASE NO. 1D12-1009 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________/ Opinion filed February 27, 2013. An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Nickolas P. Geeker, Judge. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Richard M. Summa, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Appellant, Joe Lewis Jenkins, challenges his convictions for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. Appellant s conviction for seconddegree murder is reversed because the trial court only instructed the jury on manslaughter by culpable negligence. Bradshaw v. State, 61 So. 3d 1266, 1266 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011) (holding that instructing the jury on the lesser included offense of manslaughter by instructing only as to the culpable negligence prong and omitting entirely the manslaughter by act aspect of the crime was fundamental error); Bolin v. State, 8 So. 3d 428, 430 (Fla. 2d DCA 2009) (same). Appellant s conviction for attempted second-degree murder is also reversed because the trial court used a jury instruction for attempted manslaughter by act that required the jury to find that Appellant had the intent to kill the victim. Lamb v. State, 18 So. 3d 734, 734 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009); but see Williams v. State, 40 So. 3d 72, 75 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), rev. pending, 64 So. 3d 1262 (Fla. 2011). REVERSED and REMANDED. DAVIS, RAY, and SWANSON, JJ., CONCUR. 2
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