Gutierrez v. State

Concluding that the movement of a cash-register drawer within a cash register constituted the asportation necessary to satisfy the “taking” element of armed robbery, the majority upholds the denial of the motion to transfer the criminal prosecution of Francisco Gutierrez to juvenile court. I respectfully disagree because I believe the facts of this case do not meet the standard for asportation *646formulated in State v. Watson, 239 Ga. App. 482 (1) (520 SE2d 911) (1999).

“A person commits the offense of armed robbery when, with intent to commit theft, he or she takes property of another from the…