Hartley v. State

65 So. 3d 584, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 10907, 2011 WL 2685677

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner presents a timely claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. He was charged with first-degree murder and convicted by a jury of second-degree murder. The initial brief in his direct appeal was filed shortly after this court’s decision in Montgomery v. State, — So.3d -, 2009 WL 350624 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009), which held that the giving of the standard jury instruction on manslaughter in a case of this nature was fundamental error. The Florida Supreme Court has approved the decision of this court. See State v. Montgomery, 39 So.3d 252 (Fla. 2010). The state has responded to this petition and concedes that Hartley is entitled to relief as in Sharpe v. State, 39 So.3d 342 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) and Toby v. State, 29 So.3d 1138 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009). We therefore grant the petition, reverse the murder conviction and sentence, and remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

PETITION GRANTED.

WETHERELL, MARSTILLER, and RAY, JJ., concur.