PEOPLE v. TRIBBLE

Docket No. Crim. 15212.

4 Cal.3d 826 (1971)

484 P.2d 589

94 Cal. Rptr. 613

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIE LEE TRIBBLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Willie Lee Tribble, in pro. per., and Philip Jefferson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

(1) The principal issue considered in this opinion is when the specific intent to rob must be formed in relation to the seizing of the victim in order to constitute a violation of Penal Code section 209 (kidnaping for the purpose of robbery) in those offenses which took place after the 1951 amendment to said code section. We have concluded that the intention to commit robbery must be present at the...

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