Riggins v. State, No. 95-1463

No. 95-1463 | Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Apr 9, 1996

PER CURIAM.

Appellant’s conviction for attempted third degree felony murder is reversed, because attempted felony murder is a nonexistent crime. State v. Gray, 654 So. 2d 552" court="Fla." date_filed="1995-05-04" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-v-gray-1774394?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1774394">654 So.2d 552 (Fla.1995); State v. Grinage, 656 So. 2d 457" court="Fla." date_filed="1995-05-18" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-v-grinage-1695547?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1695547">656 So.2d 457 (Fla.1995). Although we reject the state’s argument that the case should be remanded with directions to enter a judgment for the lesser included offense of resisting an officer with violence,¹ in accordance with Pratt v. State, 668 So. 2d 1007" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1996-01-31" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/pratt-v-state-1702997?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1702997">668 So.2d 1007 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996), we certify the following question to the Florida Supreme Court as one of great public importance:

ONCE A DEFENDANT IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE (DEPRAVED MIND) MURDER OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND IS CONVICTED BY A JURY OF THE LESSER OFFENSE OF ATTEMPTED THIRD DEGREE FELONY MURDER, A NONEXISTENT OFFENSE, DOES STATE v. GRAY, 654 So. 2d 552" court="Fla." date_filed="1995-05-04" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/state-v-gray-1774394?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1774394">654 So.2d 552 (Fla.1995), PERMIT THE TRIAL COURT, UPON REVERSAL OF THE CONVICTION AND REMAND, TO ENTER JUDGMENT FOR THE OFFENSE OF RESISTING ARREST WITH VIOLENCE, A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF THE CRIME CHARGED?

IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEN DO LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSES OF THE CHARGED OFFENSE REMAIN VIABLE FOR A NEW TRIAL?

See also Lee v. State, 670 So. 2d 169" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1996-03-25" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/lee-v-state-1657629?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1657629">670 So.2d 169 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Gibson v. State, 667 So. 2d 884" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1996-02-06" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/gibson-v-state-1096300?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1096300">667 So.2d 884 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Gutierrez v. State, 665 So. 2d 294" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1996-01-05" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/gutierrez-v-state-1757570?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1757570">665 So.2d 294 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995); Lee v. State, 664 So. 2d 330" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1995-12-13" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/lee-v-state-1608850?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1608850">664 So.2d 330 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), review granted, 673 So.2d 30 (Fla.1996); Alfonso v. State, 661 So. 2d 308" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1995-10-11" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/alfonso-v-state-1143143?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1143143">661 So.2d 308 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), review granted, No. 86,739, 668 So.2d 603 (Fla. Jan. 30, 1996); Wilson v. State, 660 So. 2d 1067" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1995-10-05" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/wilson-v-state-1920056?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="1920056">660 So.2d 1067 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995), review granted, No. 86,680, 668 So.2d 604 (Fla. Jan. 31, 1996).

Appellant’s remaining convictions are affirmed, but the case is remanded for recom-putation of appellant’s scoresheet and resen-tencing on the remaining convictions. Gray; Crystal v. State, 657 So. 2d 77" court="Fla. Dist. Ct. App." date_filed="1995-07-13" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/crystal-v-state-7689438?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="7689438">657 So.2d 77 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995).

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part and REMANDED for further proceedings.

ERVIN, MINER and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.

1 . Appellant was originally charged with attempted second degree murder of a law enforcement officer.