Case Name: Jerry Joe DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-01-09
Citations: 146 So. 3d 501
Docket Number: No. 1D07-3024
Parties: Jerry Joe DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: HAWKES, C.J., WEBSTER and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 146
Pages: 501–501

Head Matter:
Jerry Joe DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D07-3024.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 9, 2009.
Rehearing Denied March 18, 2009.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Gail E. Anderson and Joel Arnold, Assistant Public Defenders, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Shelly A.R. Chichester, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, Jerry Joe Davis, challenges his conviction and sentence for second-degree murder. Because the trial court fundamentally erred in giving the standard jury instruction for manslaughter by act, we REVERSE Appellant's conviction and sentence and REMAND for a new trial. Montgomery v. State, No. 1D07-4688, (Fla. 1st DCA Dec. 31, 2008).
HAWKES, C.J., WEBSTER and DAVIS, JJ., concur.