Case Name: Richard B. BING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1986-08-14
Citations: 492 So. 2d 833
Docket Number: No. 85-1745
Parties: Richard B. BING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: UPCHURCH, C.J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 492
Pages: 833–837

Head Matter:
Richard B. BING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 85-1745.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 14, 1986.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Larry B. Henderson, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Jim Easley and Belle B. Turner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
COBB, Judge.
Bing appeals his convictions for robbery and grand theft, contending double jeopardy since there was only one taking of property. Based on our holding in Rodriquez v. State, 443 So.2d 236 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983), review granted, No. 64,775 (State v. Rodgriquez), we reverse the grand theft conviction. Since Rodriguez is pending before the Florida Supreme Court, we certify the following question as one of great public importance pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.030(a)(2)(A)(v):
Can one taking of property valued at $100.00 or more, with force, support dual convictions for robbery and grand theft, or is the degree of theft irrelevant to double jeopardy considerations absent an indication of contrary legislative intent?
REVERSED; QUESTION CERTIFIED.
UPCHURCH, C.J., concurs.
COWART, J., concurs specially with opinion.