Mills v. Commonwealth

HALEY, Judge.

In this purse-snatching case, Kathy Ann Mills (“Mills”) maintains that the evidence of force antecedent to or contemporaneous with the taking is insufficient to show she committed robbery and that, accordingly, the trial court erred in convicting her of that crime. We disagree and affirm.

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FACTS

The relevant facts may be succinctly stated.

Mills was the front seat passenger in a vehicle, which pulled up beside Elizabeth Witcher, who was walking in a Hardee’s parking lot. Mills asked Witcher for directions, and then grabbed Witcher’s pocketbook. As Witcher explained:

I had it hooked…