Case Name: Patrick POOLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-02-14
Citations: 778 So. 2d 1048
Docket Number: No. 1D00-1511
Parties: Patrick POOLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAVIS, PADOVANO and BROWNING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 778
Pages: 1048–1048

Head Matter:
Patrick POOLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D00-1511.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 14, 2001.
Appellant, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse and remand this case because the verdict form reflects appellant was charged with committing sexual battery upon a person 12 years of age or older while using or threatening to use a deadly weapon in violation of section 794.011(3), Florida Statutes (1993). However, the trial court instructed the jury on section 794.011(4), Florida Statutes (1993)(sexual battery on a person 12 years of age or older without that person's consent and under specified circumstances). (R. at 14.) The former crime is a life felony, and the latter is a first-degree felony. (R. at 37-38.) As a result, the trial court is to conduct an evidentiary hearing or attach portions of the record conclusively refuting appellant's claim that defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to the erroneous instruction.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
DAVIS, PADOVANO and BROWNING, JJ., concur.