Court Opinion

ID: 9750188
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 14:31:36.025457+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:26:03.938868
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DABNEY, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur in the result and most of the court’s opinion. I dissent from that portion of the majority opinion which precludes punishment for the assaultive conduct of the defendants pursuant to Penal Code section 654.
I am unimpressed by the majority conclusion that the assaultive violence cannot be separated from the robbery conviction for purposes of additional punishment. People v. Nguyen (1988) 204 Cal.App.3d 181, 190 [251 Cal.Rptr. 40], held that “gratuitous violence against a helpless and unresisting victim . . . has traditionally been viewed as not ‘incidental’ to robbery for purposes of section 654.” That rationale applies in this case. A reading of the manner in which this incident unfolded demands the assault be separately punished. There is not logical justification for this act of clemency by the majority.
The problem with my position is that I have failed to garner one more vote.
The petitions of both respondent and appellants for review by the Supreme Court were denied June 3, 1993.