Does punching a security guard constitute an attempted robbery?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lemus, B271416 (Cal. App. 2017):
(People v. Estrada (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 408, 416 [in action in which the defendant was charged with attempted robbery, rather than robbery, his "act of punching the store's security officer, in an unsuccessful attempt to thwart him from detaining defendant and regaining control over the items that defendant had unlawfully taken from the store, constituted attempted robbery"].)3
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