Opinion
No. 98-2542.
Opinion filed July 7, 1999. Rehearing Denied September 28, 1999.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; C. Pfeiffer Trowbridge, Senior Judge; L.T. No. 97-1922 CF.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Paul E. Petillo, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Lara J. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.
We affirm appellant's conviction and sentence for attempted second degree murder. Although appellant claims that after State v. Gray, 654 So.2d 552, 553 (Fla. 1995), attempted second degree murder cannot be an offense, we have held otherwise. See Manka v. State, 720 So.2d 1109, 1110 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998). As to the evidentiary issues raised, we conclude that the record shows that the error in admission of collateral crime evidence was harmless.
WARNER, C.J., STONE and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.