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Robbery in the First Degree

Posted by Andrew Segal | Aug 09, 2024 | 0 Comments

 

 A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if he commits the crime of Robbery in the Third Degree (Section 13A-8-43 ) and he:

(1) Is armed with a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument;  or

(2) Causes serious physical injury to another.

(b) Possession then and there of an article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or any verbal or other representation by the defendant that he is then and there so armed, is prima facie evidence under subsection (a) of this section that he was so armed.

(c) Robbery in the first degree is a Class A felony.

 Section 13A-8-43 

a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the third degree if, in the course of committing a theft, he:

(1) Uses force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to overcome his physical resistance or physical power of resistance;  or

(2) Threatens the imminent use of force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to compel acquiescence to the taking of or escaping with the property.

(b) Robbery in the third degree is a Class C felony.

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Andrew Segal

Andrew Segal is a former judge and prosecutor who now represents the accused as a criminal defense attorney in Huntsville, Alabama, area courts. Andrew graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1982. and Washington College of Law at American University in 1988.

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