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MORGAN v. COM.

730 S.W.2d 935 (1987)

Keith MORGAN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee. and Cornelius COCHRUM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Goyette, Public Defender, Frank W. Heft, Jr., Chief Appellate Defender, Jefferson District Public Defender, Louisville, for appellant Morgan.

Daniel T. Goyette, Public Defender, J. David Niehaus, Deputy Appellate Defender, Jefferson District Public Defender, Louisville, for appellant Cochrum.

David L. Armstrong, Atty. Gen., C. Lloyd Vest, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.

VANCE, Justice.

The question is whether a conviction for robbery may be sustained in a case in which physical force is used against one person in order to accomplish a theft of property from another person, but where no property is taken from the person against whom the physical force is used or threatened.

These two cases arise from an incident involving a single theft of property from a household. The appellant in each of the above-styled cases participated...

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