OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether a person may defeat a charge of robbery by showing (or, more precisely, by establishing a reasonable possibility) that they assaulted the victim in an attempt to recover property that rightfully belonged to them. We hold that the answer is "no": a defendant's claim of ownership does not justify or excuse an attempt to recover property by assault.
On November 29, 1995, at around...
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