The court properly declined to charge petit larceny as a lesser included offense, since there was no reasonable view of the evidence, viewed most favorably to defendant, that he stole property without using force. Defendant either participated in a robbery or committed no crime; there was no evidence to support a theory that he somehow "opportunistically" took the victim's property without being part of the robbery (see e.g. People v Flores,
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