Case Name: Herman MINOR, Petitioner, v. Harry SINGLETARY, Secretary of Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-02-24
Citations: 730 So. 2d 326
Docket Number: No. 98-2123
Parties: Herman MINOR, Petitioner, v. Harry SINGLETARY, Secretary of Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.
Judges: Before COPE, GERSTEN, and SHEVIN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 730
Pages: 326–327

Head Matter:
Herman MINOR, Petitioner, v. Harry SINGLETARY, Secretary of Florida Department of Corrections, Respondent.
No. 98-2123
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 24, 1999.
Herman Minor, in proper person.
Robert A Butterworth, Attorney General, and Terri Leon-Benner, Assistant Attorney General (Fort Lauderdale), for respondent.
Before COPE, GERSTEN, and SHEVIN, JJ.

Opinion:
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
PER CURIAM.
Herman Minor petitions this Court for an opportunity to file a second appeal on the ground that his appellate counsel overlooked an appealable issue the first time around. Minor contends 1) that the trial judge gave an erroneous oral jury instruction regarding the definition of "excusable homicide," 2) that the error was fundamental, and 3) that his appellate counsel omitted this fundamental error argument in Minor's appeal. The record, however, reveals that the jury was provided with the correct jury instructions in written form. Thus, there was no fundamental error. See Wike v. State, 698 So.2d 817 (Fla.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 118 S.Ct. 714, 139 L.Ed.2d 655 (1998); Thomas v. State, 711 So.2d 89 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). Accordingly, the petition is denied.
Petition denied.