Case Name: Carlos VIERA, Petitioner, v. STATE Of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-02-12
Citations: 133 So. 3d 563
Docket Number: No. 2D11-4093
Parties: Carlos VIERA, Petitioner, v. STATE Of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: CASANUEVA, MORRIS, and BLACK, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 133
Pages: 563–563

Head Matter:
Carlos VIERA, Petitioner, v. STATE Of Florida, Respondent.
No. 2D11-4093.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Feb. 12, 2014.
Carlos Viera, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In his petition filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(d), Carlos Viera contends that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the then-standard jury instruction for manslaughter by act as given to the jury in Viera's trial for second-degree murder was fundamental error. Based on the facts of Viera's case and for the reasons discussed in Horne v. State, 128 So.3d 953 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013), we are constrained to reverse Viera's second-degree murder conviction and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.
CASANUEVA, MORRIS, and BLACK, JJ., Concur.