Case Name: Efrain TORRES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-07-02
Citations: 695 So. 2d 950
Docket Number: No. 96-2312
Parties: Efrain TORRES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 695
Pages: 950–950

Head Matter:
Efrain TORRES, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 96-2312.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
July 2, 1997.
Margaret S. Brodsky, Miami, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Doquyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before JORGENSON, GERSTEN and FLETCHER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon the State's proper confession of error, we reverse the defendant's conviction and sentence for trafficking in cocaine. The trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of simple possession of cocaine. See Amado v. State, 585 So.2d 282, 282 (Fla.1991)("An instruction on a permissive lesser included offense must be given Vhen the pleadings and the evidence demonstrate that the lesser included offense is included in the offense charged.' "); Williams v. State, 594 So.2d 824 (Fla. 3d DCA 1992)(same).
Reversed and remanded for a new trial.