People v. Hudson
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Momentum of car being stolen from dealership, while salesman attempted to intervene, was sufficient force to support carjacking conviction.
Hudson stole an automobile from a dealer’s service garage by taking it without permission and driving it out the exit. One of the dealer’s employees unsuccessfully attempted to pull Hudson out of the moving vehicle. The court of appeal affirmed Hudson’s conviction for carjacking (Penal Code 215), rejecting his argument that the trial court’s instruction to the jury on the definition of “force” impermissibly allowed the jury to find that the momentum of the car as Hudson exited the service garage satisfied the statutory requirement. The momentum of the car was sufficient force to support the conviction.
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