Case Name: Archie B. GRAY, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-03-18
Citations: 400 So. 2d 468
Docket Number: No. 80-353
Parties: Archie B. GRAY, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ORFINGER and COBB, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 400
Pages: 468–468

Head Matter:
Archie B. GRAY, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-353.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 18, 1981.
James B. Gibson^ Public Defender, James R. Wulchak, Asst. Public Defender, and Burke D. Chester, Sp. Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Phillip D. Havens, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dayto-na Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
FRANK D. UPCHURCH, Jr., Judge.
REVERSED and REMANDED but, as in Gee v. State, 400 So.2d 466 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981), we certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court:
CAN AN APPELLATE COURT APPLY THE HARMLESS ERROR DOCTRINE, SECTION 924.33 and SECTION 59.041, FLORIDA STATUTES (1979), TO THE FAILURE OF A TRIAL COURT TO GIVE THE JURY INSTRUCTION REQUIRED BY RULE 3.390(a), FLORIDA RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, IF THE APPELLANT'S GUILT IS CLEARLY ESTABLISHED AND THE APPELLATE COURT DETERMINES THE ERROR COULD NOT HAVE AFFECTED THE VERDICT?
ORFINGER and COBB, JJ., concur.