Case Name: Norman NEWKIRK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1969-05-06
Citations: 222 So. 2d 435
Docket Number: No. 68-1092
Parties: Norman NEWKIRK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before CHARLES CARROLL, C. J., and PEARSON and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 222
Pages: 435–436

Head Matter:
Norman NEWKIRK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 68-1092.
District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.
May 6, 1969.
Robert L. Koeppel, Public Defender, and Gregory B. Hoppenstand, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., and Jesse J. McCrary, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appel-lee.
Before CHARLES CARROLL, C. J., and PEARSON and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The appellant was charged by an information with the crime of robbery, under § 813.011 Fla.Stat., F.S.A. On trial before the court he was adjudged guilty of the offense prescribed in § 776.03 Fla.Stat., F.S.A., of accessory after the fact, from which he has taken this appeal.
The appellant argues, and the state concedes, that Brown v. State, Fla.1968, 206 So.2d 377, and Douglas v. State, Fla.App.1968, 214 So.2d 653, show it was not proper to adjudge the defendant guilty of accessory after the fact in this case. That crime is a separate offense, and not a lesser included offense of robbery. The information did not allege facts constituting that separate offense.
We reject the request of the state that a new trial be ordered in this cause on the crime of accessory after the fact, because, as we have stated above, that crime is separate from robbery and was not' included in the information. Our ruling in this case does not operate to absolve the appellant of the crime of accessory after the fact with reference to this transaction, and is without prejudice to the state to institute further proceedings relating to that offense, as it may be advised.
Accordingly, the judgment entered in this cause, of guilt of the crime of accessory after the fact, is reversed with direction to the trial court to discharge the defendant of the alleged offense of robbery, of which he was not found guilty.
Reversed with directions.