Larimer County Robbery Lawyer
What Makes a Robbery Aggravated?

What makes Robbery Aggravated? Click here to read more about Robbery in Colorado and how we can help if you've been charged.

Robbery is charged in Fort Collins and Larimer County when a person is accused of taking something  of value from another. Denver police recently released the picture of a wanted suspect for an Aggravated  Robbery. While very few details were provided, just the fact that they are referring to the incident as an Aggravated  Robbery gives us a few clues about what may have occurred. The Robbery happened at a motel,  but it is unknown  whether a motel employee or a guest was the alleged victim.  Let’s take a look at the Aggravated Robbery statute to see what makes a Robbery Aggravated?

Fort Collins Aggravated  Robbery Attorney: Definition of Robbery Aggravated  in Colorado

The Larimer County, Colorado law definition  of Aggravated Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-302 – is:

 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.

Basically, if a deadly  weapon is at all present during the Robbery, then Aggravated Robbery is charged. While Robbery is a class 4 felony,  Robbery Aggravated  is a class3 felony and is considered  an extraordinary risk crime, so there is an extended  maximum sentence to the Colorado Department  of Corrections.


If you or someone you love has been charged with Robbery Aggravated  or not, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-658-0007 to schedule your free initial consultation. Together, we can protect your future.

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