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PEOPLE v. BURNS

No. B205324.

172 Cal.App.4th 1251 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SAMUEL ALEXANDER BURNS, Defendant and Appellant.

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

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanine G. Strong, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Linda C. Johnson and Robert David Breton, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

EPSTEIN, P. J. —

In the published part of this opinion, we discuss appellant's claim that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on grand theft from the person (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (c)), as a lesser included offense of robbery (Pen. Code, §§ 211, 212.5, subd. (c)), the crime charged. We find no error because the "purse snatch" in this case,...

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