Caruthers v. State
| Citation | 232 So.3d 441 (Mem) |
| Decision Date | 13 December 2017 |
| Docket Number | No. 4D16–1567,4D16–1567 |
| Parties | Roger E. CARUTHERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Court of Appeal of Florida (US) |
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard Valuntas, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
In a motion for rehearing, the state for the first time cites Dean v. State , 42 Fla. L. Weekly S769, ––– So.3d ––––, 2017 WL 3774647 (Fla. Aug. 31, 2017), an opinion which issued before oral argument in this case. In a concurring opinion in Dean , three justices stated that "where the evidence supports the charged offense as well as the requested instruction on a necessarily lesser included offense, any error in failing to give the requested instruction is harmless because the defendant is not entitled to an opportunity for a jury pardon." See id. (Polston, J., concurring). Because Dean did not involve a majority, we are compelled to follow Daugherty v. State , 211 So.3d 29 (Fla. 2017). See Santos v. State , 629 So.2d 838, 840 (Fla. 1994) () (citing art. V, § 3(a), Fla. Const.) (footnotes omitted). Accordingly, the motion for rehearing is denied.
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