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Webster v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 4, 1989
549 So. 2d 784 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

Summary

holding that defendant could not be retried on same charge or "any lesser included offenses if jury was not charged on those lesser included offenses"

Summary of this case from Festa v. State

Opinion

No. 4-86-2029.

October 4, 1989.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, Arthur J. Franza, J.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Louis G. Carres, Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Alfonso M. Saldana, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


We clarify our opinion dated February 15, 1989, 540 So.2d 124, by specifically providing instructions upon remand that, inasmuch as this court reversed appellant's conviction of second-degree felony murder of the driver of the getaway car, Lawrence Hargrett, because of an insufficiency of the evidence, appellant cannot be re-tried upon the same charge of second-degree felony murder because of double jeopardy considerations. See Burks v. United States, 437 U.S. 1, 98 S.Ct. 2141, 57 L.Ed.2d 1 (1978); United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co., 430 U.S. 564, 97 S.Ct. 1349, 51 L.Ed.2d 642 (1977); Harris v. Oklahoma, 433 U.S. 682, 97 S.Ct. 2912, 53 L.Ed.2d 1054 (1977). Nor can he be retried on any lesser included offenses if the jury was not charged upon those lesser included offenses. Bean v. State, 469 So.2d 768 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984). As a general rule, a defendant may be retried on lesser offenses after a reversal of the conviction on the greater offense if all of the constituent essential elements of the lesser offense are not included within the elements of the greater offense. Bell v. State, 437 So.2d 1057 (Fla. 1983).

It is SO ORDERED.

UPON APPELLEE'S MOTION TO WITHDRAW MANDATE/MOTION FOR DIRECTIONS ON WHAT TO DO ON REMAND.

DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.

HERSEY, C.J., dissents without opinion.


Summaries of

Webster v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Oct 4, 1989
549 So. 2d 784 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

holding that defendant could not be retried on same charge or "any lesser included offenses if jury was not charged on those lesser included offenses"

Summary of this case from Festa v. State
Case details for

Webster v. State

Case Details

Full title:FREDERICK EARL WEBSTER, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Oct 4, 1989

Citations

549 So. 2d 784 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989)

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