Supreme Court of New Jersey· 10/17/1983

State v. Talley

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466 A.2d 78
94 N.J. 385
1983 N.J. LEXIS 2748

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holding that a defendant indicted for armed robbery could be convicted of theft by deception predicated on the victims' account that defendant forced them at gunpoint to surrender their wallets, but defendant testified at trial that he sold the victims herbal tea instead of marijuana
allowing court to charge theft by deception where defendant was indicted for robbery even though former charge is not a lesser included offense of robbery
defendant charged with robbery could be convicted of theft by deception in light of consolidation of theft offenses and defendant's own testimony
theft by deception, while not strictly lesser-included-offense of robbery, is nonetheless “embraced” within robbery
theft by deception, while not strictly lesser-included-offense of robbery, is nonetheless \embraced\ within robbery
“The common unifying conception in all these [theft offenses] is the ‘involuntary transfer of property.’” (cleaned up) (quoting Final Report of the New Jersey Criminal Law Revision Commission, Vol. II: Commentary (1971), § 2C:20–2, at 216)

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