Hughes was charged with second-degree robbery in violation of § 569.030.1, which states that “[a] person commits the crime of robbery in the second degree when he forcibly steals property.”   The phrase, “forcibly steals,” is further defined by § 569.010(1), which states, in pertinent part, as follows:
“Forcibly steals”, a person “forcibly steals”, and thereby commits robbery, when, in the course of stealing, as defined in section 570.030, RSMo, he uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person for the purpose of:
(a) Preventing or overcoming resistance to the taking of the property or to the retention thereof immediately after the taking․
Stealing occurs when a person “appropriates property or services of another with the purpose to deprive him or her thereof, either without his or her consent or by means of deceit or coercion.” § 570.030.1 RSMo Cum.Supp. (2003).  Thus, “[t]he crime of second degree robbery is composed of two elements:  stealing and the use of actual or threatened force.”  Maclin v. State, 184 S.W.3d 103, 109 (Mo.App.2006);  § 569.030;  § 569.010(1).
