State v. Pedde

WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for attempted robbery in the first degree. We affirm.

The incident giving rise to defendant’s conviction was an attempted purse snatching outside of Sioux Valley Hospital on the evening of March 30, 1982. The victim testified that a person ran up from behind her, hit her on the shoulder, dragged her a few feet, caused her to fall down with her purse under her, and then ran off. A bone in the victim’s shoulder was broken and the victim suffered other injuries as a result of this incident. The victim was unable to see the face of…