Case Name: Bernard McGAHEE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1992-05-12
Citations: 600 So. 2d 9
Docket Number: No. 91-2566
Parties: Bernard McGAHEE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 600
Pages: 9–11

Head Matter:
Bernard McGAHEE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 91-2566.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
May 12, 1992.
Rehearing Denied June 9, 1992.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Valerie Jonas, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Barbara Arlene Fink, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal by the defendant Bernard McGahee from final judgments of conviction and sentence for (1) attempted manslaughter with a firearm [§§ 782.07, 775.087(1), 777.04(1), (4)(c), Fla.Stat. 989)], and (2) unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. § 790.-07(2), Fla.Stat. (1989). Based on the state's confession of error, which we accept as well founded, we reverse the firearm possession conviction as constituting a violation of the defendant's double jeopardy privilege as interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court in Cleveland v. State, 587 So.2d 1145 (Fla.1991), rendered subsequent to the trial in this case. See also Cruz v. State, 593 So.2d 312, 313 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992); Davis v. State, 590 So.2d 496 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991).
We affirm, however, the judgment of conviction and sentence for attempted manslaughter based on a holding that the complained-of jury instructions do not present reversible error. (1) The defendant requested the jury instruction on attempted manslaughter and has accordingly waived any objection to said instruction on appeal. Tillman v. State, 471 So.2d 32 (Fla.1985). (2) The jury instruction on justifiable homicide, although arguably confusing in one particular, was otherwise a complete and accurate statement of the applicable law on justifiable homicide and was not, as urged, prejudicial to the defendant. See United States v. Gold, 743 F.2d 800, 819-24 (11th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1217, 105 S.Ct. 1196, 84 L.Ed.2d 341 (1985); Williams v. State, 591 So.2d 319 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); cf. Clark v. State, 461 So.2d 131 (Fla. 1st DCA 1984). (3) Finally, the defendant was not, as urged, prejudiced by the giving of a short-form excusable homicide instruction on the theory that it may have misled or confused the jury on the defense of excusable homicide by sudden and sufficient provocation. This is so because the defendant at no time relied on this defense in his presentation to the jury; his sole defense to the jury was self-defense. See Andrade v. State, 564 So.2d 238, 239 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), rev. denied, 576 So.2d 284 (Fla.1991); Jefferson v. State, 471 So.2d 181, 182 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).
The final judgment of conviction and sentence for attempted manslaughter with a firearm is affirmed. The final judgment of conviction and sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony is reversed and the defendant is discharged from this conviction.
Affirmed in part; reversed in part.
HUBBART and BASKIN, JJ., concur.