California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ortega, 19 Cal.4th 686, 80 Cal.Rptr.2d 489, 968 P.2d 48 (Cal. 1998):
I agree that simple theft is a necessarily included offense of robbery. (People v. Bradford (1997) 14 Cal.4th 1005, 1055, 60 Cal.Rptr.2d 225, 929 P.2d 544.) A defendant cannot commit robbery without committing theft. Robbery requires a taking of personal property. ( 211.)
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