PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. S136498.

45 Cal.4th 743 (2009)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ANDRE RENE SCOTT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

February 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Steinberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Maurice Kenney.

Cara DeVito, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Andre Rene Scott.

Bill Lockyer and Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorneys General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson and Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Mary Jo Graves and Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorneys General, Janet E. Neeley, J. Robert Jibson and Raymond L. Brosterhous II, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GEORGE, C. J.

We granted review to resolve a conflict in the Courts of Appeal concerning whether, for purposes of the offense of robbery, all employees have constructive possession of the employer's property while on duty and thus may be separate victims of a robbery of the employer's business, assuming the other elements of robbery are met as to each employee. In the present case, the Court of Appeal concluded the trial court did not err in informing...

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