People v. Williams
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of several offenses, including robbery and theft. The convictions stemmed from Defendant's acquisition of gift cards through his false representation that he was using valid payment cards to purchase the gift cards. Defendant challenged his robbery convictions, contending that the type of theft that constitutes a "felonious taking," an element of robbery, was theft by larceny only and not theft by false pretenses, the type of theft that Defendant committed. The court of appeal affirmed Defendant's robbery convictions, holding that theft by false pretenses can satisfy the "felonious taking" requirement of robbery. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that theft by false pretenses cannot satisfy the "felonious taking" element of robbery. Remanded.
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