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76 So. 3d 897

76 So.3d 897

36 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 608

Solano v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided October 27, 2011

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 2011-10-27

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 2012

2 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“In State v. Montgomery, we held that because defendant Montgomery, who was convicted of second-degree murder, was entitled to an accurate jury instruction on the necessarily lesser included offense of manslaughter by act, the use of the then-standard jury instruction on manslaughter by act constituted fundamental reversible error in his case because it erroneously required the jury to find that the defendant intentionally caused the death of the victim.”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Figueroa v. State

Relies on 39 So. 3d 252 - State v. Montgomery · Solano v. State

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Decided 2011-10-27

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LABARGA, J.

¶1Mynor Solano seeks review of the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Solano v. State, 35 So.3d 930 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with a decision of this Court, State v. Montgomery, 39 So.3d 252 (Fla.2010), on a question of law. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

¶2In State v. Montgomery, 39 So.3d 252 (Fla.2010), we held that because defendant Montgomery, who was convicted of second-degree murder, was entitled to an accurate jury instruction on the necessarily lesser included offense of manslaughter by act, the use of the then-standard jury instruction on manslaughter by act constituted fundamental reversible error in his case because it erroneously required the jury to find that the defendant intentionally caused the death of the victim. We then affirmed the district court’s reversal of Montgomery’s conviction for second-degree murder.

¶3Solano seeks review in this Court on the grounds that the district court’s decision in his case conflicts with our decision in Montgomery. Having issued its decision in Solano one day before we issued our opinion in Montgomery, the district court did not have the benefit of considering Montgomery. Accordingly, we accept jurisdiction and grant Solano’s petition for review. The decision under review is quashed, and this matter is remanded to the Third District Court of Appeal for reconsideration upon application of our decision in Montgomery.

¶4It is so ordered.

CANADY, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.
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