The De Simoni principle does not prevent a sentencing judge from taking into account the potential for violence or putting the victim in fear when sentencing for steal from the person, because the historical and statutory scheme treats steal from the person and robbery as part of the same category of graver thefts. Sentences for steal from the person and demand money with menaces committed on different occasions against different victims should be accumulated, not made concurrent.
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