Whidden v. State

374 So.2d 543 (1979)

Robert Michael WHIDDEN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 78-1346.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 6, 1979.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1979.

Donald G. Doddington, Tampa, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert J. Landry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

GRIMES, Chief Judge.

This case presents, in an unusual setting, the question of whether the legislature has done away with the distinction between the crimes of robbery and attempted robbery.

On June 5, 1977, law enforcement officers arrested appellant in Hillsborough…