EDWARD BEN, PETITIONER,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Fla. | 1986-09-04
Nos. 66,483
McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur., BOYD, J., dissents with an opinion.
493 So. 2d 453 Florida Supreme Court (1986)

Opinion of the Court
OVERTON, Justice.

OVERTON, Justice.

We accepted jurisdiction in this cause, reported as Ben v. State, 461 So. 2d 286 (Fla.2d DCA 1985), on the basis of conflict with Montsdoca v. State, 84 Fla. 82, 93 So. 157 (1922).* We quash the decision of the district court of appeal on the authority of Royal v. State, 490 So. 2d 44 (Fla.1986), and remand to the district court for reconsideration in light of our decision in that case.

It is so ordered.

McDonald, C.J., and ADKINS, EHRLICH and SHAW, JJ., concur. BOYD, J., dissents with an opinion.

*

We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

Dissent
BOYD, Chief Justice,

BOYD, Chief Justice,

dissenting.

Because I find that the defendant used force to effectuate a taking of property from the possession of another, I would hold that the evidence showed the offense of robbery and would approve the decision of the district court of appeal.


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