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California Robbery with Multiple Employees Present Influences Charges

By Walin & Klarich

California Supreme Court Confirms Its Position on Robbery Issue, Meaning You Need an Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney The California Supreme Court recently clarified a conflict in the Court of Appeal concerning whether, for purposes of Robbery, all employees have constructive possession of the employer?s property while on duty and thus may be separate victims of the employer?s business. The court held that all employees on duty during a robbery in California DO in fact have constructive possession of their employer?s property and therefore any employee on duty can be a separate victim of the robbery, thus increasing the likelihood of longer prison sentences for those convicted of robbery where multiple employees are on duty. In the case at issue, People v Scott, Defendants Andre Scott and Maurice Kenney were each charged with three counts of Robbery based on a single incident which was the early morning robbery of a McDonald?s in Sacramento...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on May 16, 2009 (boomark / email).