Dorsainville v. State

The sufficiency of .the evidence is challenged in this appeal. The defendant argues the State failed to prove the elements of robbery by sudden snatching. We agree and reverse.

The State charged the defendant with third degree felony robbery by sudden snatching. The evidence established that the victim was sitting on her father’s car outside their home when she noticed a car drive past her house twice before turning around at a stop sign. The victim saw a single occupant in the car; no passengers.

Three to four minutes later, two men approached from the side of another house, walked to the…