KIRBY LYNN CHASTINE, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1997-02-12
No. 95-3384
POLEN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.
691 So. 2d 487 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1997)

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Holding

The court affirmed convictions for armed robbery and first-degree murder but reversed the conviction for attempted first-degree murder based on a change in Florida law.


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Defendant was convicted of armed robbery, first-degree murder, and attempted first-degree murder. The attempted murder conviction was based solely on …

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Opinion of the Court
PARIENTE, Judge.

PARIENTE, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery and first-degree murder of Marc Nadeau and attempted first-degree murder with a firearm of Armand Nadeau, father of Mare. Defendant received consecutive life sentences with thirty years concurrent for the robbery. After carefully considering all of the points raised by defendant on appeal, we affirm defendant’s convictions and sentences for armed robbery and first-degree murder of Marc Nadeau.

Pursuant to the authority of State v. Gray, 654 So. 2d 552 (Fla.1995), we are compelled to reverse defendant’s conviction for attempted first-degree murder of Armand Nadeau. Defendant’s conviction for this crime was predicated solely on attempted felony murder, a crime which is no longer recognized in Florida. See id. At trial, the state never argued nor presented evidence of premeditated murder, and the trial court did not instruct on premeditated murder. The appropriate remedy, however, is not to discharge defendant on this conviction. See State v. Wilson, 680 So. 2d 411 (Fla.1996). Having examined the actual jury instructions given in this ease, as we are required to do, we conclude that the proper remedy on remand is to retry defendant on attempted manslaughter with a firearm of Armand Na-deau and any lesser included offenses instructed on at trial. See id.

POLEN and SHAHOOD, JJ., concur.


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