Jupiter v. State

RODOWSKY, Judge.

At issue here is whether forcibly taking from a licensed seller of alcoholic beverages beer that the seller intended to sell to legally eligible members of the public constitutes robbery where full payment is made.

After a day’s duck hunting, and after helping three friends drink two and one-half cases of beer, the Petitioner, John Mitchell Jupiter (Jupiter), went to Captain John’s Crab House and Marina and asked to purchase a six-pack of beer. Warren Yates (Yates), the owner of Captain John’s, refused to do so. Yates told Jupiter that he was refused service because he was…