Darryl Lewis Davis, Petitioner v. State of Florida, Respondent; Darryl Lewis Davis, Petitioner, v. State Of…

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the Fifth District Court of Appeal’s order reducing Darryl Lewis Davis’s robbery convictions from robbery with a deadly weapon to robbery with a weapon. It held that robbery with a deadly weapon is not a lesser‑included offense of robbery with a firearm and that the evidence of a BB‑gun replica supports a conviction for robbery with a weapon. The Court also affirmed its jurisdiction to resolve the conflict among district courts.