Case Name: Joseph DAMES, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1997-10-08
Citations: 700 So. 2d 125
Docket Number: No. 95-04689
Parties: Joseph DAMES, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: PARKER, C.J., and LAZZARA, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 700
Pages: 125–126

Head Matter:
Joseph DAMES, III, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-04689.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Oct. 8, 1997.
John E. Swisher, St. Petersburg, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann Pfeiffer Corcoran, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appel-lee.

Opinion:
ALTENBERND, Judge.
Joseph Dames, III, appeals his convictions for first-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, contending the trial court committed four reversibleerrors when instructing the jury. Only one of those issues requires reversal or discussion. We affirm the first-degree murder conviction and the related life sentence without discussion. We reverse the attempted second-degree murder conviction and sentence because the trial court committed reversible error in denying Mr. Dames' requested instruction on attempted manslaughter. See Roberts v. State, 694 So.2d 825 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997); Holmes v. State, 642 So.2d 1387 (Fla. 2d DCA 1994). The case is remanded for retrial solely on the attempted second-degree murder charge. See Roberts, 694 So.2d at 826.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded with directions.
PARKER, C.J., and LAZZARA, J., concur.