Jeremy J. Maruska v. State

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

JEREMY JOHN MARUSKA,

Appellant, v. Case No. 5D16-3317 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. ________________________________/

Opinion filed June 1, 2018

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County,

Leah R. Case, Judge.

Marie-Louise Samuels Parmer, of Samuels

Parmer Law Firm PA, Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,

Tallahassee, and Carmen F. Corrente,

Assistant Attorney General, Daytona

Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Jeremy John Maruska appeals his judgment and sentence 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.

COHEN, C.J., SAWAYA and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.