State v. Bridges

— Michael Bridges was properly convicted of second degree robbery because a robbery occurs when personal property is unlawfully taken by force, however slight. Bridges’ grabbing the victim’s wallet from his pocket and pushing him away to retain the wallet was sufficient force to constitute a robbery. Bridges was also properly ordered to serve a sentence of fife in prison under the Persistent Offenders Accountability Act (POAA). He did not make a proper showing of selective prosecution to warrant discovery or a hearing on whether the decision to charge him as a persistent offender was…