Supreme Court of Florida

In order for an offense to be a lesser-included offense, it does not have to necessarily result in a lesser penalty than either the penalty for the main offense or the next greater offense on the verdict form.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2006
• Published 10/26/2006

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Kimberly Nolan Hopkins, Special Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Robert J. Krauss, Bureau Chief, Tampa Criminal Appeals and C. Suzanne Bechard, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Respondent.