What is the test for determining whether a defendant intended to steal from a shoplifter?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Lara, B215731, No. TA103117 (Cal. App. 2011):
draw reasonable inferences from all the direct and circumstantial evidence (id. at p. 167), including the testimony of the defendant that he did not intend to steal until after he used force. (See People v. Ramkeesoon (1985) 39 Cal.3d 346, 351.)
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