Question juridique clé
Whether robbery absorbed the earlier sequestration and kidnapping of the postal carrier
Solution extraite
No. Robbery only absorbs deprivation of liberty when the victim is the person charged with protecting the stolen property and the restraint does not exceed what the robbery requires.
Motifs extraits
The carrier was not an employee or guardian of the post office targeted for the robbery, but merely a postal carrier from whom the defendant took uniform and van hours earlier. The restraint served first to prevent denunciation and later to dominate the post office staff; therefore there was real concurrence.