(3) causes bodily injury to another person orKeith B wrote:No. Texas has Robbery and Aggravated robbery. Threat only is still robbery until he actually produces a weaponLAYGO wrote:You did a great job.
Had they caught the guy, would he have been with aggravated robbery because he "said" he would shoot?
See the definitions below
§ 29.02. ROBBERY. (a) A person commits an offense if, in
the course of committing theft as defined in Chapter 31 and with
intent to obtain or maintain control of the property, he:
(1) intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes
bodily injury to another; or
(2) intentionally or knowingly threatens or places
another in fear of imminent bodily injury or death.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
degree.
§ 29.03. AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. (a) A person commits an
offense if he commits robbery as defined in Section 29.02, and he:
(1) causes serious bodily injury to another;
(2) uses or exhibits a deadly weapon; or
(3) causes bodily injury to another person or
threatens or places another person in fear of imminent bodily
injury or death, if the other person is:
(A) 65 years of age or older; or
(B) a disabled person.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first
degree.
(c) In this section, "disabled person" means an individual
with a mental, physical, or developmental disability who is
substantially unable to protect himself from harm.
threatens or places another person in fear of imminent bodily
Though not often used now, the way I was taught, lo those many years ago, was a Weapon or the Threat of a Weapon made it aggravated robbery. It is still in the law, just not as directly as before. IMHO, This scenario would qualify as Aggravated robbery even though no one saw a weapon. The threat was there.
