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339 So. 2d 256

Britton v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 9, 1976

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1976-11-09

Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Brown v. State · Sutton v. State

Decided 1976-11-09

PER CURIAM.

¶1Appellant’s conviction of robbery must be reversed for the trial court’s failure upon request to charge the jury concerning the offense of attempted robbery. Rule 3.510, R.Cr.P.; Brown v. State, 206 So.2d 377 (Fla.1968). There are no circumstances present which would enable us to treat the error as harmless on authority of Spigner v. State, 304 So.2d 496 (Fla.App.1st, 1974). The federal question raised by the State under the doctrine of Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972), which if sustained would require partial overruling of Brownand modification of Rule 3.510, R.Cr.P., is more appropriately presented to the Florida Supreme Court.

¶2REVERSED.

RAWLS, Acting C. J., and MILLS and SMITH, JJ., concur.
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