Supreme Court of Kansas· 1/13/1984

State v. Long

Citations

675 P.2d 832
234 Kan. 580
1984 Kan. LEXIS 243

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holding that theft is a lesser included crime of robbery as both require the \unlawful taking of property of another\ even though robbery is a crime against a person while theft is a crime against property
finding theft a lesser degree of robbery based on the gravamen of unlawful taking of property
discussing the possessory elements of theft and robbery without drawing any material distinction between the two offenses in that respect
\[T]he Crime of [larceny] is an included crime of robbery as a `lesser degree of the same crime.'\
“No established set of guidelines exists which can be readily applied for a quick and easy answer to this question.”
“[T]he element of asportation is no longer required to complete the crimes of theft or robbery.”

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