Case Name: Jewel May DAOPHIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1987-08-05
Citations: 511 So. 2d 1037
Docket Number: No. 4-86-1628
Parties: Jewel May DAOPHIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 511
Pages: 1037–1038

Head Matter:
Jewel May DAOPHIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4-86-1628.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Aug. 5, 1987.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Jr., Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Noel A. Pelella and Barry Weisman, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
LETTS, Judge.
The defendant was charged with trafficking in cocaine by delivery in excess of 400 grams thereof. At the charge conference the defendant requested, but was denied, an instruction on simple possession of cocaine. This was error.
We concede that the schedule of lesser included offenses adjacent to trafficking in cocaine by delivery, which is found in the Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases, would not appear, under Category 1, to require an instruction on simple possession if the charging document only alleges delivery. Id. at 1234. However, in Butler v. State, 497 So.2d 1327 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), this very court concluded that an instruction on the lesser included offense of simple possession is required when a defendant is charged with trafficking in cocaine by delivery.
Notwithstanding, we are cognizant of possible tension between Butler and the Standard Instructions. Accordingly, and believing the outcome to be of great public importance, we certify the following question to our Supreme Court:
MUST A JURY BE INSTRUCTED ON SIMPLE POSSESSION OF COCAINE PURSUANT TO SECTION 893.13(l)(e), FLORIDA STATUTES, WHERE THE INFORMATION CHARGES TRAFFICKING BY DELIVERY [AND ONLY BY DELIVERY] IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN 400 GRAMS PURSUANT TO SECTION 893.135(l)(b)(3), FLORIDA STATUTES?
All other points on appeal are affirmed.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
GUNTHER, J., concurs.
GLICKSTEIN, J., concurs specially with opinion.
. Also see the Amendment to the Standard Criminal Jury Instructions, 508 So.2d 1221, 1234 (Fla.1987), and Wilcott v. State, 509 So.2d 261 (Fla.1987).