JOHNSON v. STATE

No. AM-491.

432 So.2d 758 (1983)

Willie JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

June 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Allen, Public Defender, and David Busch, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Wallace Allbritton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


NIMMONS, Judge.

Johnson appeals from a conviction of armed robbery. He asserts that the evidence was insufficient to support a verdict of any offense greater than attempted robbery. The narrow issue in this case is whether there was a "taking" within the meaning of the robbery statute, Section 812.13, Florida Statutes. We believe there was and affirm.

This was a convenience store robbery of a female clerk on December 19, 1981, in Tallahassee. After entering...

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