Court Opinion

ID: 9780303
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 01:46:27.391272+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:20.378535
License: Public Domain

KHOUZAM, Judge,
Specially concurring.
This court is bound by current precedent to reverse Colletti’s felony murder conviction because the underlying felony was grand theft and the State failed to present any evidence showing the value of the items Colletti took from the victim’s home. I write to note that the State could *503have avoided this result by showing beyond a reasonable doubt that the items stolen were worth over $100. The items, which included, among other things, a wall safe, a DVR, a laptop computer, and an “iPod phone,” were likely worth more than $100. But the State neither presented any evidence of their value nor asserted that their value could not be established. Therefore, we are compelled to reverse.