Title: Owens v. State
Citation: 475 So. 2d 1238
Docket Number: 64980
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: September 12, 1985

475 So. 2d 1238 (1985)
Johnny Ray OWENS, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 64980.

Supreme Court of Florida.
September 12, 1985.
Jerry Hill, Public Defender and Karla J. Staker and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defenders, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and William E. Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for respondent.
EHRLICH, Justice.
We accepted jurisdiction to answer the certified question:
Owens v. State, 444 So. 2d 951, 952 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
Owens was charged, inter alia, with armed robbery. Section 812.13, Fla. Stat. (1981). He sought a jury instruction on aggravated assault, section 784.021, Fla. Stat. (1981), as a lesser included offense. The trial judge refused, as the information against Owens failed to allege that Owens used the gun he carried to commit an assault *1239 during the robbery. The district court affirmed, relying on Vitko v. State, 363 So. 2d 42 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978). In Vitko, the court distinguished between carrying a weapon, the element in section 812.13, and using a weapon, the element in section 784.021. We have endorsed this distinction in State v. Baker, 452 So. 2d 927 (Fla. 1984). The trial judge properly refused to give the requested instruction because the information fails to allege use of the weapon in committing an assault. The decision of the district court is approved.
It is so ordered.
BOYD, C.J., and McDONALD and SHAW, JJ., concur.
ADKINS and OVERTON, JJ., dissent.