T.D.W. v. State

T.D.W. appeals his convictions for robbery and felony battery. The circuit court withheld adjudication, ordered appellant to perform community service and to complete an anger management course, and required him to pay $4,150 in restitution for the victim’s medical bills. We affirm the battery conviction without further discussion. We reverse the robbery conviction because the only evidence at trial established appellant’s good faith belief that he was the owner of the cell phone that was the object taken during the robbery.

The state failed to establish an essential element of the robbery…