26.14.120 Robbery

(a) A person who unlawfully takes or attempts to take personal property from another, who is possession of a weapon of which under the circumstances indicates intent or readiness to inflict serious bodily injury or in a place of business, residence or banking institution or any other place where there is are people in attendance, at any time, either day or night, or who aids or abets any such person(s) in the commission of a theft crime

shall be guilty of robbery, a class [5] five offense.

(b) Robbery is a Class [5] five offense if the actor fires a firearm or explodes or hurls a destructive device or directs the force of any other dangerous weapon against another.

(c) Robbery is a Class [5] five offense if the robber possesses or pretends to possess a firearm, destructive device, or other dangerous weapon, or menaces another with serious bodily injury, or inflicts bodily injury upon another, or is aided by an accomplice actually present.

(1) An act shall be deemed "in the course of committing a theft" if it occurs in an attempt to commit a theft crime, whether or not the theft is successfully completed, or in immediate flight from the commission of, or an unsuccessful effort to commit, the theft.

(2) Dangerous weapon means a weapon as defined in §26.1801 of this title or a weapon, the Possession of which, under the circumstances indicates an intent or readiness to inflict serious bodily injury.