PEOPLE v.BRADFORD
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html ><br /> <head><br /> <title>PEOPLE v</title><br /> </head><br /> <body><br /> <div><br /> <br/><b<br /> >PEOPLE<br /> v.BRADFORD</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>Filed 8/31/10<br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b >CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION</b><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>IN<br /> THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>FIRST<br /> APPELLATE DISTRICT<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/>DIVISION<br /> FIVE<br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> <br /> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0<br /> ><br /> <tr ><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/><b<br /> >THE PEOPLE,</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > Plaintiff<br /> and Respondent,</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> >v.</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> >RICHARD GARY BRADFORD,</b><br /> <br/><b<br /> > Defendant<br /> and Appellant.</b><br /> </td><br /> <td width=319 valign=top ><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > A125040</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> <br/><b > (</b><b<br /> >Solano</b><b<br /> > </b><b >County</b><b ></b><br /> <br/><b > Super. </b><b<br /> >Ct.</b><b<br /> > No. FCR258507)</b><br /> <br/><b > </b><br /> </td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br/> <br /> <br/> A<br /> defendant shoplifts property from a store in a shopping mall and forcibly<br /> resists the mall security guards who apprehend him and recover the<br /> property. Can the guards be victims of a<br /> robbery when they are not the owners of the stolen property and are not<br /> directly employed by the store that owned the propertyâ€