Israel v. State

DIAMANTIS, Judge.

Connie Ray Israel appeals his robbery conviction,1 contending that the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal because the state failed to present evidence that Israel used force or violence in the course of taking the victim’s property. The state presented evidence that Israel forcibly entered the victim’s home where he proceeded to batter the victim, to bind, gag, and blindfold her, and then to sexually batter her. By peeking around the blindfold, the victim was able to observe Israel walk through her home and take items of her personal property.…