Case Name: Kevin Bruce STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-03-13
Citations: 110 So. 3d 97
Docket Number: No. 2D11-5738
Parties: Kevin Bruce STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ALTENBERND and SLEET, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 110
Pages: 97–98

Head Matter:
Kevin Bruce STONE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D11-5738.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
March 13, 2013.
Ita M. Neymotin, Regional Counsel, Second District, and Joseph Thye Sexton, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Bartow, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Danilo Cruz-Carino, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
KHOUZAM, Judge.
Affirmed. See Williams v. State, 66 So.3d 360 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011). As in Williams, we hold that a trial court's failure to instruct the jury on section 812.025, Florida Statutes (2011), does not constitute fundamental error. Also as in Williams, we recognize conflict with Kiss v. State, 42 So.3d 810 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010), and certify to the Florida Supreme Court the following questions of great public importance:
1. MUST THE TRIAL COURT INSTRUCT THE JURY TO PER FORM THE SELECTION PROCESS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 812.025 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES?
2. IF SO, MUST THE APPELLATE COURT ORDER A NEW TRIAL ON BOTH OFFENSES IF THE TRIAL COURT FAILS TO GIVE THE INSTRUCTION?
3. IF THE APPELLATE COURT IS NOT REQUIRED TO MANDATE A NEW TRIAL, MUST IT REQUIRE THE TRIAL COURT TO SELECT THE GREATER OFFENSE OR THE LESSER OFFENSE WHEN THE TWO OFFENSES ARE OFFENSES OF DIFFERENT DEGREES OR OF DIFFERENT SEVERITY RANKING?
Affirmed; question certified.
ALTENBERND and SLEET, JJ., Concur.