PONDS v. STATE

No. 96-1844.

693 So.2d 685 (1997)

Maurice PONDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 9, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jennifer Meek, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


W. SHARP, Judge.

Ponds appeals from a judgment and sentence for armed car jacking.1 He argues that an essential element of the offense had not been proven—that he used a firearm during the course of taking the car, although the evidence at trial established he used a firearm to rob the victims of money. We affirm.

Florida's car jacking statute provides as follows:

(1) "Car jacking" means the taking of a motor vehicle...

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