Mr. Weatherspoon was convicted of three counts of attempted first-degree murder and other charges, including robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault, after the robbery of a Dunkin Donuts. He was sentenced to seven life sentences. On appeal, he argued the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the charge of attempted felony murder, when the charging document neither cited the statute for that crime nor alleged all of the essential elements of that crime. The Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld his convictions but certified the legal issue in his appeal as one of great public importance for this Court’s review.

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