SIRMONS v. STATE

No. 91-1178.

603 So.2d 82 (1992)

Jessie SIRMONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Brynn Newton, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Judy Taylor Rush, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


PETERSON, Judge.

The only issue that merits discussion in this appeal is whether convictions for both grand theft auto and robbery with a weapon are proper when the convictions are predicated on a single taking of the same automobile. We hold that both convictions are proper and affirm.

Sirmons gained entrance to the victim's automobile by threatening her with a knife and then directed her to drive to different locations. Later, Sirmons drove. After terrifying...

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