People v. Guerin

In People v. Guerin (1972) 22 Cal.App.3d 775, defendant held up a supermarket, taking money from two different cash registers, presided over by two different clerks. There, the court sustained robbery convictions on separate counts involving each clerk on the theory that the clerks had exercised actual dominion and control over the money, and each was a victim "of a separate taking and of a separate assault." ( Id ., at pp. 781-782.) However, the court reversed an additional conviction for robbery against the store manager since he was not the victim of a separate taking, and did not have actual possession or control of the stolen money. The conviction was then modified to assault with a deadly weapon on the grounds the manager was a victim of a separate assault. ( Id ., at pp. 782-783.)