California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Wells, C076411 (Cal. App. 2015):
" 'In this state, it is settled that a robbery is not completed at the moment the robber obtains possession of the stolen property and that the crime of robbery includes the element of asportation, the robber's escape with the loot being considered as important in the commission of the crime as gaining possession of the property. [Citations.] [] Accordingly, if one who has stolen property from the person of another uses force or fear in removing, or attempting to remove, the property from the owner's immediate presence, as defendant did here, the crime of robbery has been committed.' " (People v. Villa (2007) 157 Cal.App.4th 1429, 1433.)
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