Beard v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KOONTZ, J.

James Jerome Beard (Beard) appeals his conviction by bench trial in the Circuit Court of the City of Danville for robbery. Beard contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove robbery because the acts constituting the required element of violence or intimidation did not precede or were not concomitant with the taking of the property of another from her person or presence. Rather, he asserts that the taking was complete before he used force to effect his escape, rendering his criminal acts a larceny and an unrelated battery. Beard further asserts that even if the taking…