California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Singleton, B281821 (Cal. App. 2019):
A defendant may be convicted of both robbery and false imprisonment when he restrains the victim as part of the robbery. In People v. Reed (2000) 78 Cal.App.4th 274 (Reed), a jury convicted the defendant Reed of the robbery of one victim as well as the false imprisonment of that victim and two additional victims. (Id. at p. 277.) Reedwith two accomplicesburst into the victims' apartment. One perpetrator, armed with a handgun, ordered the victims to get on the ground. The gunman put the weapon against one victim's head and hit another victim in the head with it. The perpetrators took food stamps and some coins. (Id. at pp. 278-279.)
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