Coffie v. State

SCHOONOVER, Acting Chief Judge.

The appellant, Tony Lamar Coffie, challenges the judgments and sentences imposed upon him after he was adjudicated guilty of felony petit theft and resisting a merchant. We affirm the appellant’s conviction for petit theft, but reverse and remand in all other respects.

The appellant was charged with felony petit theft in violation of section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1985), and with resisting a merchant in violation of section 812.-015(6), Florida Statutes (1985). A jury found the appellant guilty of petit theft by stealing a package of "fruit of the loom”…