Opinion ID: 1712849
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: jury instructions on first-degree premeditated and felony murder

Text: In his final challenge relating to the guilt phase, Brooks argues that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on both first-degree premeditated murder and first-degree felony murder. The State correctly responds that defense counsel did not object to the jury instructions during trial, and therefore this claim was not preserved for appellate review. See, e.g., Gunsby v. State, 574 So.2d 1085, 1088 (Fla. 1991); Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.390(d). Furthermore, even if this claim had been preserved for appellate review, we would find it to be without merit: While a general guilty verdict must be set aside where the conviction may have rested on an unconstitutional ground or a legally inadequate theory, reversal is not warranted where the general verdict could have rested upon a theory of liability without adequate evidentiary support when there was an alternative theory of guilt for which the evidence was sufficient. San Martin v. State, 717 So.2d 462, 470 (Fla.1998) (footnotes omitted). We again reject the claim as presented by Brooks.