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You are allowed to use lethal force to prevent a robbery or attempted robbery, but at what point is it considered a robbery?

If I am walking down a dark street and see someone following me, and I cross the street and change directions, and the person continues to follow - what is a good way to handle this situation? Do you draw and threaten them to stop, as I believe you are allowed to do? Or do you not draw at all until they have verbally demanded you hand over your wallet?

What if someone approaches you and asks for your phone in a very hostile manner? Like, "LET ME USE YOUR _______ PHONE!!!". Is that robbery? Maybe he's just asking to use your phone and he's being a jackass about it. Do you use lethal force?

What if someone approaches you, saying nothing, and starts grabbing you and trying to push you to the ground? They aren't using lethal force, so you can't respond with lethal force, and it's not clear they're trying to rob you. What do you do?

I appreciate any responses and especially if they can cite code to back up their actions. It is not very clear to me, even after my CHL class, in which situations you are legally allowed to use lethal force and when you're allowed to draw and threaten but not actually use lethal force.