State v. Johnson

*706SULLIVAN, J.

Is asportation an element of the crime of armed robbery when the property at issue is an automobile? Based on the Wisconsin Supreme Court's holding in Moore v. State, 55 Wis. 2d 1, 197 N.W.2d 820 (1972), and our own decision in State v. Grady, 93 Wis. 2d 1, 286 N.W.2d 607 (Ct. App. 1979), we hold that asportation is a necessary element to the crime of completed armed robbery. See § 943.32(1)(b) & (2), Stats.

I. Background.

Robert Johnson pleaded guilty to armed robbery.1 The criminal complaint alleged the following facts. Johnson, while armed with a handgun and after leaving the…