Case Name: Sheldrick Lee McNEAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-09-22
Citations: 662 So. 2d 373
Docket Number: No. 94-1747
Parties: Sheldrick Lee McNEAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PETERSON, C.J., and GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 662
Pages: 373–374

Head Matter:
Sheldrick Lee McNEAL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 94-1747.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sept. 22, 1995.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 6, 1995.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Dee R. Ball, Special Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann M. Childs, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Sheldrick Lee McNeal appeals his conviction for second-degree murder after a jury trial. The trial court gave an incomplete instruction to the jury on excusable homicide by omitting paragraphs one and three as set forth in Standard Jury Instructions — Criminal Cases No. 92-1, 603 So.2d 1175, 1176-78 (Fla.1992). See also Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases (91-1), 639 So.2d 602 (Fla.1994). Although defense counsel repeatedly expressed satisfaction with the proposed instruction that was given by the court, failure to give the correct instruction is fundamental error. Rojas v. State, 552 So.2d 914 (Fla.1989); Stallings v. State, 634 So.2d 784 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994); Blandon v. State, 657 So.2d 1198 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).
We vacate the judgment and remand for a new trial.
JUDGMENT VACATED; REMANDED.
PETERSON, C.J., and GRIFFIN and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.