Legal Opinion

Goodwin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 3, 2011No. 2D09-5592PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Ryan Goodwin appeals his judgment and sentence as a principal to robbery with a deadly weapon. We affirm and briefly discuss one of the issues that he raises on appeal. We conclude that the jury was free to determine that the BB gun used in this robbery was a deadly weapon.

Mr. Goodwin drove the car for a robbery of a grocery store’s pharmacy. A Mr. Cavedo, Mr. Goodwin’s coperpetrator, entered the store and demanded “all of the Roxies and Oxies again.” Mr. Cavedo apparently had robbed the same pharmacist about six weeks earlier. When the pharmacist objected to being robbed…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dale v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. Holloman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
  3. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  4. Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  5. State v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2009

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. C.W. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  2. C.W. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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