PADOVANO, J.
The defendant, Karl C. Messina, appeals his conviction for the crime of robbery. He contends that the evidence is sufficient to support only the lesser crime of petit theft, because there is no proof that he used force against the victim in taking her property. We conclude that the evidence is sufficient to support the main charge of robbery because the record shows that the defendant used force to retain the victim's property once he had taken it from...
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