Most people do what they can to avoid prison, especially if they have already been there once. However, one woman apparently felt the opposite and went so far as to commit another crime just to go back. According to the news report, the woman had recently been released from prison after a Robbery conviction and was homeless. She had been beaten by some strangers at a local park and was unable to get a bed at the homeless shelter. I guess she had decided enough was enough. She went to a bank and handed the teller a note which explained that she had a gun and wanted the teller to give her all the money. The bank teller handed her thousands of dollars, which she took outside and threw into the air and then sat down and waited for police to arrive. When the police questioned her, she admitted what she did and stated that she wanted to go back to prison.
Weld County Robbery Lawyer: What is the Definition of Robbery and Aggravated Robbery?
Colorado law defines Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-301 – as:
[su_quoteA person who knowingly takes anything of value from the person or presence of another by the use of force, threats, or intimidation commits robbery.[/su_quote]A Robbery charge can be aggravated with the use of a deadly weapon. The Colorado law definition of Aggravated Robbery – C.R.S. 18-4-302 – is:
(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.
Because the woman wrote in her note that she had a gun, she would be facing Aggravated Robbery charges if this had occurred in Weld, Morgan, or Logan County.
Greeley Aggravated Robbery Lawyer: What is the Sentence / Punishment for Robbery?
As a class 3 felony extraordinary risk crime in Greeley, Erie, and Evans, Aggravated Robbery is punishable by 10 to 32 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Sounds like the woman may get exactly what she wants – a nice long stay in prison.
If you or someone you love has been charged with Robbery or Aggravated Robbery, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 immediately. Together, we can protect your future.
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