Case Name: Samuel Lee MARION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1983-03-09
Citations: 429 So. 2d 40
Docket Number: No. 82-1035
Parties: Samuel Lee MARION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BOARDMAN and DANAHY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 429
Pages: 40–40

Head Matter:
Samuel Lee MARION, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 82-1035.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 9, 1983.
Rehearing Denied April 11, 1983.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Michael E. Raiden, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
OTT, Chief Judge.
Appellant, charged with attempted first degree murder, was tried and convicted of aggravated battery. He contends the trial judge erred: (1) in not instructing the jury on aggravated assault as a lesser-included offense, and (2) in denying his motion for new trial.
The Schedule of Lesser-included Offenses in Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases lists aggravated assault as a category 2 lesser-included offense of first degree murder. However, our examination of the language of the charging document and the testimony before the trial judge establishes that neither the allegata nor the probata alleged or evidenced that the victims were in fear of imminent violence. This being a necessary element to charge or establish aggravated assault, we hold there was no error in failing to instruct the jury thereon. Dunn v. State, 397 So.2d 748 (Fla. 2d DCA 1981), petition for review denied, 407 So.2d 1103 (Fla.1981).
Finding no merit in the remaining contention, appellant's judgment of conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED.
BOARDMAN and DANAHY, JJ., concur.