Case Name: Robert OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1968-11-19
Citations: 215 So. 2d 627
Docket Number: No. K-128
Parties: Robert OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WIGGINTON, C. J., and CARROLL, DONALD K., and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 215
Pages: 627–627

Head Matter:
Robert OWENS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. K-128.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. First District.
Nov. 19, 1968.
T. Edward Austin, Jr., Public Defender, and Ralph W. Nimmons, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks reversal of the judgment of conviction of aggravated assault entered against him after trial by jury. The information charged appellant with manslaughter in that he was alleged to have killed his landlord by striking him in the head with an ax.
There were eyewitnesses who testified that appellant committed the act charged. The jury returned its verdict on the lesser offense of aggravated assault.
For reversal, appellant contends that the trial judge erroneously instructed the jury on the elements of the crime of aggravated assault, whereas he was charged with the crime of manslaughter. No objection was made to the questioned instruction at the time it was given.
Appellant's claim for reversal is not well founded. Section 918.10(4), Florida Statutes, F.S.A., clearly states that the giving or failure to give an instruction by the trial judge may not be urged as error for reversal unless objection thereto was made before the jury retires to consider its verdict. See also Jones v. State, 197 So.2d 829 (Fla.App.3d 1967) and cases cited therein.
Affirmed.
WIGGINTON, C. J., and CARROLL, DONALD K., and SPECTOR, JJ., concur.