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Williams v. State

Citations

  • 40 So. 3d 72
  • 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 9848
  • 2010 WL 2675262

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  • holding that the standard jury instruction on attempted manslaughter does not possess the same fatal flaw as the standard jury instruction on manslaughter
  • holding that standard jury instruction on attempted voluntary manslaughter was not fundamental error in a prosecution for attempted first degree murder in which the defendant was convicted of the lesser in- eluded offense of attempted second-degree murder
  • holding that the standard attempted manslaughter jury instruction is not fundamentally flawed
  • holding it is not fundamental error to give the standard jury instruction on attempted voluntary manslaughter
  • distinguishing Montgomery and holding that the giving of the standard jury instruction on attempted voluntary manslaughter does not constitute fundamental error
  • giving of the standard jury instruction on attempted manslaughter was not fundamental error in a prosecution for attempted first degree murder in which the defendant was convicted of the lesser included offense of attempted second degree murder

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