Defendant was convicted of stealing the complainant's wallet as complainant stood in line at a movie theatre preparing to pay for a ticket. His defense was, essentially, that he had been running a three card monte game up the block from the movie theatre, and that the complainant, having placed and lost a bet, then grabbed all the money out of defendant's hand and proceeded to walk away. According to defendant, he merely recovered his own money.
The trial court did...
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