Case Name: Harry Martin BATEMAN, II, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-10-11
Citations: 681 So. 2d 820
Docket Number: No. 95-02103
Parties: Harry Martin BATEMAN, II, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PATTERSON, A.C.J., and LAZZARA, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 681
Pages: 820–821

Head Matter:
Harry Martin BATEMAN, II, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-02103.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 11, 1996.
Rodney S. Fields, Jr., Tampa, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tonja R. Vickers, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
FULMER, Judge.
The defendant appeals his convictions for attempted felony murder and aggravated child abuse. We affirm the aggravated child abuse conviction without discussion. We reverse the conviction for attempted felony murder because it is no longer a criminal offense in Florida. See State v. Gray, 654 So.2d 552, 553-54 (Fla.1995).
The attempted murder count of the information alleged that the defendant attempted to kill the child victim either with premeditated design or during the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate aggravated child abuse. The trial court instructed the jury on both theories of attempted first degree murder and on five lesser included offenses: attempted second degree murder, attempted voluntary manslaughter, aggravated battery, battery and culpable negligence. The jury convicted the defendant of attempted felony murder. We reverse his conviction and sentence for attempted felony murder and remand for retrial on any lesser offense on which the jury was instructed at trial. See State v. Wilson, 680 So.2d 411 (Fla. 1996).
Reversed and remanded.
PATTERSON, A.C.J., and LAZZARA, J., concur.