California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barrera, 14 Cal.App.4th 1555, 18 Cal.Rptr.2d 395 (Cal. App. 1993):
Section 206, of course, describes a crime presenting a great danger to society. The crime is major in nature, rather than minor, involving in this instance financial gain to the perpetrator, extortion, violence, and great bodily injury to the victim. (See People v. Dillon, supra, 34 Cal.3d 441, 194 Cal.Rptr. 390, 668 P.2d 697.)
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