Case Name: Ross HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-01-27
Citations: 354 So. 2d 914
Docket Number: Nos. 77-1135 and 77-1360
Parties: Ross HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HOBSON, Acting C. J., and GRIMES and OTT, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 354
Pages: 914–915

Head Matter:
Ross HALL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Nos. 77-1135 and 77-1360.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Jan. 27, 1978.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 24, 1978.
Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bar-tow, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and William I. Munsey, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant appeals the judgment and sentence entered on his conviction of aggravated assault because the trial court did not instruct the jury on attempted aggravated assault.
The state charged appellant with aggravated assault and obstructing or opposing an officer with violence. At trial, the court instructed the jury on aggravated assault, obstructing a police officer with violence, simple assault, improper exhibition of a firearm, and obstructing a police officer without violence. Defense counsel requested an instruction on attempted aggravated assault. The court denied this request. Thereafter, the jury found appellant guilty of aggravated assault and obstructing an officer without violence.
Under Florida Criminal Procedure Rule 3.510 the trial court must charge on an attempt to commit a crime if such attempt is also an offense, and we cannot consider its failure to do so to be harmless error. Lomax v. State, 345 So.2d 719 (Fla.1977); Irving v. State, 337 So.2d 1014 (Fla.2d DCA 1976).
The judgment and sentence are reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
HOBSON, Acting C. J., and GRIMES and OTT, JJ., concur.