Legal Opinion

McGill v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 5, 1984No. 82-1317Published

1Opinion of the Court

DAUKSCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence for armed robbery. The evidence is sufficient. Tibbs v. State, 397 So.2d 1120 (Fla.1981). The court properly refused an instruction on circumstantial evidence. Miller v. State, 403 So.2d 1014, 1017 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981).

The court erred in sentencing appellant to a minimum three year sentence because only his accomplice had a firearm. Earnest v. State, 351 So.2d 957 (Fla.1977); Hillman v. State, 410 So.2d 180 (Fla. 2d DCA 1982). The court did not err in retaining jurisdiction over the first one-third of the sentence but even if he…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tibbs v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Earnest v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1977
  3. Hillman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  4. Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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