Taking something in the presence of another using force, threats or intimidation, is charged as Robbery in Castle Rock and Douglas County. When a gun or other deadly weapon is involved, then it is intensified to Aggravated Robbery. Two teenagers are facing Aggravated Robbery charges after using a gun to force a woman to hand over her purse full of candy on Halloween night. It had been reported that earlier in the night, the teens had tried to take a cell phone from a man, however, the man refused and the teens ran. They were caught with the purse in their possession and charged with Attempted Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Robbery.

Douglas County Aggravated Robbery Attorney: Definition of Aggravated Robbery

As previously stated, Robbery is taking something of value from another through force, threats or intimidation. The Douglas County, Colorado law definition of Aggravated Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-302 – is:

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(1) A person who commits robbery is guilty of aggravated robbery if during the act of robbery or immediate flight therefrom:

(a) He is armed with a deadly weapon with intent, if resisted, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person; or

(b) He knowingly wounds or strikes the person robbed or any other person with a deadly weapon or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation with a deadly weapon knowingly puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or

(c) He has present a confederate, aiding or abetting the perpetration of the robbery, armed with a deadly weapon, with the intent, either on the part of the defendant or confederate, if resistance is offered, to kill, maim, or wound the person robbed or any other person, or by the use of force, threats, or intimidation puts the person robbed or any other person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or

(d) He possesses any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead any person who is present reasonably to believe it to be a deadly weapon or represents verbally or otherwise that he is then and there so armed.”

As a class 3 felony, Aggravated Robbery is punishable by up to 16 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and $750,000 in fines. The Attempted Aggravated Robbery would be charged as a class 4 felony, lessening the sentencing range.

If you or a loved one has been charged with Robbery, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best Robbery defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 303-265-1950. Together, we can protect your future.

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