Case Name: Michael Allen SAIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2000-04-04
Citations: 786 So. 2d 587
Docket Number: No. 1D99-336
Parties: Michael Allen SAIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BARFIELD, C.J., VAN NORTWICK and PADOVANO, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 786
Pages: 587–587

Head Matter:
Michael Allen SAIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D99-336.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 4, 2000.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender and Phil Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We find the argument of Michael Allen Sain that the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion for a judgment of acquittal to be without merit. Consistent with Brown v. State, 733 So.2d 598 (Fla. 5th DCA), rev. granted, 744 So.2d 452 (Fla.1999) and Hagans v. State, 25 Fla. L. Weekly D595, — So.2d -, 2000 WL 242263 (Fla. 1st DCA March 6, 2000), we certify the following question as being of great importance:
DOES THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER EXIST IN FLORIDA?
AFFIRMED.
BARFIELD, C.J., VAN NORTWICK and PADOVANO, JJ., Concur.