PATTERSON, Judge.
Goldsmith challenges his conviction for unarmed robbery on the basis that the taking was accomplished without the required force or violence to constitute a robbery. We agree and reverse.
On August 15, 1989, James Ward, a part-time Highlands County deputy sheriff, was working undercover as a drug buyer in Lake Placid. While attempting to negotiate a purchase of crack cocaine from Goldsmith, Goldsmith snatched a ten-dollar bill from Ward's...
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