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LYONS v. STATE

No. 97-00179.

711 So.2d 71 (1998)

Terry LYONS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 13, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Sandefer, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ann Pfeiffer Corcoran, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

BLUE, Acting Chief Judge.

Terry Lyons appeals his conviction for grand theft from a casino ship that embarked from Florida shores. Although the majority of Lyons' thievery occurred outside of Florida's territorial waters, we conclude that the State had jurisdiction to prosecute him for his criminal conduct. We reject Lyons' legal challenges to his conviction and therefore, affirm.

Lyons boarded a casino ship in Treasure Island, Florida. The ship left Treasure...

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