Supreme Court of Florida

An offender who uses an automobile in the course of committing a robbery may not be deemed to have "carried" the automobile as a "deadly weapon" so as to allow an enhanced conviction under section 812.13(2)(a), Florida Statutes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/08/2004
• Published 04/08/2004

Judges

• BELL, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Kellie A. Nielan and Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorneys General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Thomas Lukashow, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.