Legal Opinion

Roberts v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 17, 2010No. 2D09-3036PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Nicholas Michael Roberts appeals his judgments and sentences for two counts of improper exhibition of a firearm. We affirm one judgment and sentence but order that the second judgment and sentence be vacated on remand because it violates double jeopardy.

Mr. Roberts was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm. He was working as a taxi driver when he got into a dispute with two men who were in a pickup truck that was parked near his taxi. He told the men to leave and pointed a firearm at them, stating that he could shoot them.

When the case was submitted to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mauldin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  2. Bass v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  3. Canion v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  2. Lambert v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

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