Legal Opinion

Achin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 11, 1980No. 79-1060PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

387 So.2d 375 (1980)

Stephen C. ACHIN, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 79-1060.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 11, 1980.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1980.

Steve Lange of Sandstrom & Haddad, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

LETTS, Chief Judge.

The defendant invited a lesser included offense instruction of attempted extortion. Upon conviction thereof he now claims that he must go free because such a crime does not exist. We affirm.

We begin by agreeing that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Salcedo v. Asociacion Cubana, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  2. Vogel v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979
  3. McIntyre v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Achin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  3. Heimer v. Travelers Ins. Co.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  4. Sykes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
  5. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981

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