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561 So. 2d 1198

Docket No. 89-2056.

AJ v. State

A.J., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1990-03-06

Relies on 513 So. 2d 1088 - SW v. State

Decided 1990-03-06

¶1Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and N. Joseph Durant, Jr., Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

¶2Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Monique T. Befeler, and Anita Gay, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

¶3Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HUBBART and GERSTEN, JJ.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5Appellant, A.J., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication of delinquency based on robbery. We reverse and remand.

¶6The victim of the robbery was sitting in an outdoor cafe with a camera hanging from his shoulder. Appellant grabbed the camera and fled. In taking the camera, appellant did not use force, violence or put the victim in fear.

¶7Appellant asserts that the degree of force used to steal the camera was insufficient to constitute robbery. We agree. Based on the authority of S.W. v. State,513 So.2d 1088 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), we reverse and remand with instructions to reduce the adjudication of delinquency to petit theft.

¶8Reversed and remanded with instructions.

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