Case Name: Samuel Lee BRITTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-11-09
Citations: 339 So. 2d 256
Docket Number: No. AA-410
Parties: Samuel Lee BRITTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: RAWLS, Acting C. J., and MILLS and SMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 339
Pages: 256–257

Head Matter:
Samuel Lee BRITTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. AA-410.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 9, 1976.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 9, 1976.
David J. Busch and Michael M. Corin, Asst. Public Defenders, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant'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 Brown and modification of Rule 3.510, R.Cr.P., is more appropriately presented to the Florida Supreme Court.
REVERSED.
RAWLS, Acting C. J., and MILLS and SMITH, JJ., concur.