Lewis v. State, 71--806
| Decision Date | 30 November 1972 |
| Docket Number | No. 71--806,71--806 |
| Citation | 269 So.2d 692 |
| Parties | Charles W. LEWIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Charles W. Musgrove, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Andrew I. Friedrich, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Defendant appeals from his conviction for receiving stolen property assigning as error the fact that, although properly and timely requested, the trial judge failed to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of Attempted receiving of stolen property.
Since Brown v. State, Fla.1968, 206 So.2d 377, it is clear that instructions to the jury on lesser included offenses must be given even though it is the opinion of the trial judge that the proofs clearly established the major crime charged. See also CPR 3.510, 33 F.S.A., which requires the judge ot give such instruction. An attempt, under F.S. § 776.04, F.S.A., must be classified as a lesser included offense of the crime charged if the crime charged of an offense prohibited by law. See Brown v. State, supra, at 381. Since the receipt of stolen property is prohibited by F.S. § 811.16, F.S.A., it follows that an Attempt to receive stolen property is likewise a punishable offense. See 76 C.J.S. Receiving Stolen Goods § 12.
Therefore, the trial judge erred in not giving the requested instruction. Accordingly, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.
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