Velez v. State

Full title: Jose VELEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 12, 2009

21 So. 3d 913 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

Opinion

No. 3D08-859.

November 12, 2009.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Leonard E. Glick, Judge.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Ansley B. Peacock, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before WELLS, SHEPHERD, and CORTINAS, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Jones v. State, 652 So.2d 346, 349 (Fla. 1995) ("[A] taking of property that otherwise would be considered a theft constitutes robbery when in the course of the taking either force, violence, assault, or putting in fear is used.")