Reid v. State

405 So.2d 500 (1981)

Steven Michael REID, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 81-436.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 6, 1981.

Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James S. Purdy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.

GRIMES, Judge.

This case involves the construction of section 790.162, Florida Statutes (1979).

Appellant entered a bank and handed a customer service employee a note which said, "I have a grenade. Don't press a button; first cop I see, I will toss it in…