BAPTISTE-JEAN v. STATE

No. 3D06-2041.

979 So.2d 1091 (2008)

Erlis BAPTISTE-JEAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Lisa A. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before RAMIREZ and SALTER, JJ., and SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.


SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The only salient issue on this appeal from multiple convictions and life sentences stemming from a brutal home invasion burglary-robbery-kidnapping concerns the validity of the defendant's conviction for carjacking under section 812.133, Florida Statutes (2003). The statute provides:

(1) "Carjacking" means the taking of a motor vehicle which may be the subject of larceny from the person...

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