Supreme Court of Florida

Under Section 810.12 of the Florida Statutes, the counter area behind a store's cash register is not an area "open to the public" so robbers who enter this area may be convicted of burglary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/29/2001
• Published 03/29/2001

Judges

• HARDING, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Glenna Joyce Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and L. Michael Billmeier and Trisha E. Meggs, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.