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730 So. 2d 326

Minor v. Singletary

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 24, 1999

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1999-02-24

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently November 2013

2 state decisions

Relies on Webster v. United States · 698 So. 2d 817 - Wike v. State · Thomas v. State

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Decided 1999-02-24

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¶1ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

PER CURIAM.

¶2Herman Minor petitions this Court for an opportunity to file a second appeal on the ground that his appellate counsel overlooked an appealable issue the first time around. Minor contends 1) that the trial judge gave an erroneous oral jury instruction regarding the definition of “excusable homicide,” 2) that the error was fundamental, and 3) that his appellate counsel omitted this fundamental error argument in Minor’s appeal. The record, however, reveals that the jury was provided with the correct jury instructions in written form. Thus, there was no fundamental error. See Wike v. State, 698 So.2d 817 (Fla.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 118 S.Ct. 714, 139 L.Ed.2d 655 (1998); Thomas v. State, 711 So.2d 89 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Accordingly, the petition is denied.

¶3Petition denied.

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