Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Triston ELLIS, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-12-19
Citations: 685 So. 2d 1289
Docket Number: Nos. 88323, 88342
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Triston ELLIS, Respondent.
Judges: OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 685
Pages: 1289–1290

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Triston ELLIS, Respondent.
Nos. 88323, 88342.
Supreme Court of Florida.
Dec. 19, 1996.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; and James W. Rogers, Bureau Chief — Criminal Appeals, Senior Assistant Attorney General and Mark C. Menser, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Petitioner/Respondent.
Steven Seliger of Garcia and Seliger, Quincy, for Respondent/Petitioner.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review a decision certifying the following question to be of great public importance:
WHEN A CONVICTION FOR ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE FELONY MURDER MUST BE VACATED ON AUTHORITY OF STATE V GRAY, 654 So.2d 552 (Fla.1995), DO LESSER-INCLUDED OFFENSES REMAIN VIABLE FOR A NEW TRIAL OR REDUCTION OF THE OFFENSE?
Ellis v. State, 685 So.2d 859 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
We answered this question in State v. Wilson, 680 So.2d 411 (Fla.1996), by holding that where a conviction for attempted felony murder has been vacated on the basis of our opinion in Gray, the proper remedy is retrial on any lesser included offense which was instructed on at trial. Ellis was convicted of attempted first-degree felony murder. Therefore, he may be tried on any offense instructed on at trial which is of a degree equal to or lesser than attempted first-degree felony murder.
We answer the certified question as explained above. We approve in part and quash in part the district court's decision and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
It is so ordered.
OVERTON, SHAW, GRIMES, HARDING, WELLS and ANSTEAD, JJ., concur.