JEREMY J. MARUSKA
v.
STATE

Fla. 5th DCA | 2018-05-28
No. 16-3317
Case, J., Cohen, C.J., Sawaya, J., Lambert, J.
Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2018)

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Holding

A robbery conviction cannot be sustained when it fails to meet the applicable standard of review, but a first-degree premeditated murder conviction may be affirmed on the same record.


Headnotes

[1] A robbery conviction may be reversed on appeal when it cannot be sustained under the applicable standard of review, even when other convictions in the same case are affir…

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Facts & Procedural History

Jeremy John Maruska was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, felony murder, and robbery with a deadly weapon. He appealed his judgment and s…

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Opinion of the Court
Cohen

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

JEREMY JOHN MARUSKA,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D16-3317

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. ________________________________/

Opinion filed June 1, 2018

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Leah R. Case, Judge.

Marie-Louise Samuels Parmer, of Samuels Parmer Law Firm PA, Tampa, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carmen F. Corrente, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Jeremy John Maruska appeals his judgment and sentence for first-degree premeditated and felony murder and robbery with a deadly weapon. We agree that the robbery conviction cannot be sustained under our standard of review and accordingly reverse the judgment and concurrent life sentence on that charge. We affirm the judgment and sentence on the first-degree premeditated murder conviction.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part.

COHEN, C.J., SAWAYA and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.


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