Case Name: Barry ZETTLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1982-02-10
Citations: 409 So. 2d 1126
Docket Number: No. 80-1145
Parties: Barry ZETTLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ANSTEAD and HURLEY, JJ., and MINER, CHARLES E., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 409
Pages: 1126–1127

Head Matter:
Barry ZETTLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 80-1145.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Feb. 10, 1982.
Rehearing Denied March 10, 1982.
Norman O’Rourke, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Stewart J. Bellus, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find no reversible error and affirm. As to the appellant's claim of error for failure of the trial court to instruct on penalties we affirm for the same reasons as those set out in our opinion issued today in the case of Miller v. State, 410 So.2d 557 Fla. 4th DCA, opinion filed 1982. For the same reasons discussed in Miller we certify the following question of great public importance to the Supreme Court:
May the harmless error rule be applied where the only penalty instruction requested is for the main offense charged and the defendant is subsequently convicted of a lesser included offense?
ANSTEAD and HURLEY, JJ., and MINER, CHARLES E., Jr., Associate Judge, concur.