Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2018

Shawn Rupe v. State

Shawn Rupe v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided May 28, 2018

Shawn Rupe v. State

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED SHAWN RUPE, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D16-3519 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed June 1, 2018 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Leah R. Case, Judge.

J. Rafael Rodriguez, of Law Offices of J.

Rafael Rodriguez, Miami, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges his convictions for first-degree premeditated and felony murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. We agree that the robbery conviction cannot be sustained under our standard of review and accordingly reverse the judgment and concurrent life sentence on that charge. We affirm the judgment and sentence on the first-degree premeditated murder conviction.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.

TORPY, EVANDER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.

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