JACKSON v. STATE

No. 83-1858.

449 So.2d 411 (1984)

Johnell JACKSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

As Amended July 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Gary O. Welch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


OTT, Chief Judge.

Appellant was charged with armed robbery and found guilty of the lesser included offense of robbery. The trial court refused appellant's request for a jury instruction on theft. We reverse.

The trial court is required to instruct the jury on lesser included offenses necessarily included in the major offense charged. Brown v. State, 206 So.2d 377 (Fla. 1968). It is impossible to prove robbery without...

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