Case Name: Donnie Hugh DOCTOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-08-14
Citations: 677 So. 2d 1372
Docket Number: No. 95-2395
Parties: Donnie Hugh DOCTOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 677
Pages: 1372–1374

Head Matter:
Donnie Hugh DOCTOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-2395.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Aug. 14, 1996.
Samek & Besser, and Lawrence Besser, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Fleur J. Lobree, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and LEVY and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
SHEVIN, Judge.
Donnie Hugh Doctor appeals convictions for armed robbery, aggravated battery, and possession of a firearm. We affirm.
During Doctor's trial, prior to the commencement of voir dire, the trial court gave extemporaneous instructions on reasonable doubt to the jury venire. Defense counsel did not object.
Doctor argues on appeal that the extemporaneous instruction minimized the reasonable doubt standard and rises to the level of fundamental error. Doctor does not raise any error as to the formal jury instructions at the close of the evidence.
We adhere to our decision in Freeman v. State, 576 So.2d 415 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991), and hold that "the giving of the instruction does not otherwise rise to the level of fundamental error_" Freeman, 576 So.2d at 416.
We decline Doctor's invitation to follow Jones v. State, 656 So.2d 489 (Fla. 4th DCA), review denied, 663 So.2d 632 (Fla.1995), as we find it antithetical to our holding in Freeman. Therefore, we affirm Doctor's convictions.
Affirmed.
LEVY, J., concurs.