Castillo v. State

Appellant, defendant below seeks review of a conviction and sentence for robbery and grand larceny.

The state charged the defendant, Juan Castillo, with two counts of robbery.

*620At his trial, the evidence showed that Castillo along with a companion entered a Farm Stores in Hialeah around 10:30 P.M. on August 13, 1973 and held up Mrs. Blanche Shear, an employee there.

Mrs. Shear testified that the two robbers placed her in fear by pulling a knife on her. She gave them money which she was counting, and they scooped up more cash from the register, and fled.

Five days later, on August 18, 1973, Mrs.…