Case Name: Rodney BYRD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-02-06
Citations: 582 So. 2d 640
Docket Number: No. 90-1973
Parties: Rodney BYRD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before NESBITT, BASKIN and GODERICH, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 582
Pages: 640–640

Head Matter:
Rodney BYRD, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 90-1973.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 6, 1991.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Burke, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before NESBITT, BASKIN and GODERICH, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon examination of the record and the state's confession of error, the defendant's conviction must be reversed with directions to award a new trial because when the trial court re-instructed the jury, the entire written instructions in the case were not, over objection of defense counsel, delivered to the jury as required by Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.400(c). Consequently, the jury may have placed undue emphasis upon the re-instruction given. Chappell v. State, 423 So.2d 984 (Fla. 3d DCA 1982); Morgan v. State, 377 So.2d 212, 213 (Fla. 3d DCA 1979), cert. denied, 389 So.2d 1115 (Fla.1980).
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.