WALLS v. STATE

No. 4D05-3193.

977 So.2d 802 (2008)

Wanas WALLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

April 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, John M. Conway, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. Mclntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


FARMER, J.

The issues on this appeal concern defendant's convictions for robbery by sudden snatching, three counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, and grand theft by fraudulent use of credit card. We reverse all of them. Only the grand theft charge may be retried.

There was no evidence presented by the state to show that the robbery of the victim's purse occurred by sudden snatching. As we held in Brown v. State, 848 So.2d 361<...

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