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JONES v. STATE

No. 71-229.

254 So.2d 219 (1971)

Melvin B. JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Snelling, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Charles Corces, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

MANN, Judge.

Jones said that he and Hudson, the eighteen-year-old in charge of the Jet service station on that fateful Sunday morning, were just jiving around. Hudson agreed that that was how it started, but that Jones grabbed Hudson's head, squeezed, and said to Gillenwater, by then in the act of removing a carton of cigarettes from the premises, "I'm going to hold his head." Whether Jones was just jiving around or aiding and abetting in robbery was a jury question...

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