[Bronzy]

Just the fact that they permitted lessor charges f’d up the whole process. The State charged him with second degree and needed to prove it.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Manslaughter is an automatically included lessor charge to 2nd degree murder in Florida. The Florida Supreme Court stand jury instructions include it. The Prosecution may ask to have the lessor charge excluded. They did not. The Defense asked to have it stricken from the jury instructions. The Prosecution argued for it. Manslaughter instructions were not unexpected by the Defense.