Opinion
No. 74-997.
April 15, 1976.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Palm Beach County, Vaughn J. Rudnick, J.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and James R. Merola, Special Asst. Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Marie Bernard, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.
Appellant was charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence. At trial and over appellant's objection, the court instructed the jury on culpable negligence under former Fla. Stat. § 784.05 (1973), as the lesser included offense to manslaughter. This was held reversible error in the case of Murray v. State, 4th DCA Fla., 328 So.2d 501, 1976, and we therefore reverse the judgment herein on the authority of the cited case, remanding this cause to the trial court for a new trial.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
WALDEN, C.J., and OWEN and DOWNEY, JJ., concur.