Delgado v. State

We affirm appellant’s conviction of robbery. Appellant entered a bank, handed the teller a note which stated “this is a robbery,” and demanded money. Although the teller said she “wasn’t afraid of what was happening,” she gave appellant the money because of “the threat in the note.”

Appellant argues that he did not commit a robbery because he did not put the victim in fear. Specifically, he contends that, applying the wording of section 812.13(1), Florida Statutes (2011), the State failed to prove that “in the course of the taking there [wa]s the use of force, violence, assault, or putting in…