Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1985

Latson v. State

Latson v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided November 27, 1985 · Dell, Letts, Walden
479 So. 2d 220; 1985 Fla. App. LEXIS 5930 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Latson v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

LETTS and DELL, JJ., concur. WALDEN, J., dissents with opinion.

Dissenting Opinion

WALDEN, Judge,

dissenting:

I respectfully dissent as to the convictions for robbery, of meat from Keith Sau-der, while carrying a deadly weapon, a knife. In my view of the evidence, there was no show or use of a knife that was contemporaneous with or precedent to the taking of the meat. Moreover, as I see it, such violence as was employed was to effectuate escape rather than to effectuate the theft of the meat. I would reverse upon authority of Eutzy v. State, 458 So.2d 755 (Fla. 1984), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 105 S.Ct. 2062, 85 L.Ed.2d 336 (1985) and Montsdoca v. State, 84 Fla. 82, 93 So. 157 (Fla. 1922).

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