Case Name: Jose VELEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-11-12
Citations: 21 So. 3d 913
Docket Number: No. 3D08-859
Parties: Jose VELEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before WELLS, SHEPHERD, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 21
Pages: 913–914

Head Matter:
Jose VELEZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D08-859.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 12, 2009.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Maria E. Lauredo, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Ansley B. Peacock, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Before WELLS, SHEPHERD, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. Jones v. State, 652 So.2d 346, 349 (Fla.1995) ("[A] taking of property that otherwise would be considered a theft constitutes robbery when in the course of the taking either force, violence, assault, or putting in fear is used.")