PEOPLE v. THOMAS

No. B169300.

25 Cal.Rptr.3d 509 (2005)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Cora Lee THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 2005.

Review Granted June 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana M. Teran, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marc J. Nolan and William H. Davis, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

EPSTEIN, P.J.

In the published portion of this opinion, we conclude that a purse snatch satisfies the force or fear element of robbery where the thief wrests the purse from the individual who has it on his or her person, using the amount of force necessary to get it away. In the nonpublished portion of the opinion we deal with the other issues...

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