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PEOPLE v. ANDERSON

No. S175351.

51 Cal.4th 989 (2011)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PAUL D. ANDERSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Levy , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons , Assistant Attorney General, Steve Oetting , Pamela Ratner Sobeck and James H. Flaherty III , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J. —

We hold here that the intent element of robbery does not include an intent to apply force against the victim or to cause the victim to feel fear. It is robbery if the defendant committed a forcible act against the victim motivated by the intent to steal, even if the defendant did not also intend for the victim to experience force or fear. We also hold a trial court has...

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