Court Opinion

ID: 9793325
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:46:08.004549+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:04:30.964707
License: Public Domain

REYNOSO, J.
I concur in the result.
Generally, the role of a high court is to settle the law. That is, we are a court which sets decisional policy, not a court which corrects error. Accordingly, we have an institutional duty to speak with a voice which can be followed by the courts of this state. Too many separate opinions, more often than not, confuse decisional law. The case at bench, unlike most decisions demands separate opinions so that the bench and bar may know which of the distinct sections commands a majority.
I write separately only to indicate the sections in which I concur, and those sections in which I concur only in the result.
 I concur with sections I, II and V. The conduct indeed went beyond preparation—it was an attempt, as section I correctly concludes. And section II realistically reasons that a crop can be the object of a robbery. Finally, section V correctly applies In re Lynch (1972) 8 Cal.3d 410 [105 Cal.Rptr. 217, 503 P.2d 921]. The remaining sections (III and IV) include discussion regarding the felony-murder rule which causes me grave concern; while I agree with the result, I am not in entire agreement with the reasoning. Accordingly, I concur only in the result.