Case Name: Guy STRATTAN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2001-01-10
Citations: 775 So. 2d 422
Docket Number: No. 1D99-4489
Parties: Guy STRATTAN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MINER and ALLEN, JJ., concur; BENTON, J., concurs with opinion.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 775
Pages: 422–422

Head Matter:
Guy STRATTAN, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D99-4489.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Jan. 10, 2001.
James C. Banks, Esquire, Special Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm Guy Strattan, Jr.'s convictions for grand theft of a firearm and attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer but we reverse his conviction for "depriving] a law enforcement officer . of . his . radio or . the means to . summon assistance." § 843.025, Fla.Stat. (1997). The motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted as to this charge. Although the attempt to get the gun failed, the theft statute makes "endeavoring]" to steal punishable as theft. § 812.014(1), Fla.Stat. (1997).
AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED for resentencing.
MINER and ALLEN, JJ., concur; BENTON, J., concurs with opinion.