Opinion
No. 2D11–4093.
2014-02-12
Carlos VIERA, Petitioner, v. STATE Of Florida, Respondent.
Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel. Manatee County; Debra Johnes Riva, Judge. Carlos Viera, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.
Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel. Manatee County; Debra Johnes Riva, Judge.
Carlos Viera, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diane F. Medley and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
In his petition filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(d), Carlos Viera contends that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to argue that the then-standard jury instruction for manslaughter by act as given to the jury in Viera's trial for second-degree murder was fundamental error. Based on the facts of Viera's case and for the reasons discussed in Horne v. State, 128 So.3d 953 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013), we are constrained to reverse Viera's second-degree murder conviction and remand for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded. CASANUEVA, MORRIS, and BLACK, JJ., Concur.