TUKES v. STATE

No. 4D11-4897.

115 So.3d 1014 (2013)

Damian TUKES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Damian Tukes, Okeechobee, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and James J. Carney , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

This is an appeal from a summary denial of Damian Tukes' petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his conviction and sentence for robbery with a firearm which became final in 2004. Tukes contends that the standard jury instructions given in his case failed to require his jury to find the firearm element of the charge beyond a reasonable doubt. We affirm.

We first note that the habeas petition is subject to dismissal because the Florida...

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