Luis Castillo v. State of Florida

The defendant appeals his convictions and multiple, consecutive life sentences arising from the armed-robbery of a convenience store in 2007, and the tragic death of an innocent bystander during the get-away. The case was initially submitted to us with an Anders 1 brief. After review of the record, we ordered supplemental briefing on a jury instruction issue. Having received supplemental briefs from the. defense and the State, we now affirm.

The sole issue we address is whether error occurred when the trial court did not instruct the jury on the offense of robbery with a weapon, a…