Owens v. State

787 So.2d 143 (2001)

Bernard OWENS, Jr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D99-4780.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 27, 2001.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Timothy J. Ferrari, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robert J. Krauss, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

For snatching a purse, Bernard Owens was charged with robbery. At his trial Owens moved for a judgment of acquittal on the ground that the evidence proved only theft, not…