Petit Theft/Retail Theft
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Other Theft Crimes
812.131 Robbery by
sudden snatching.
(1) "Robbery by
sudden snatching" means the taking of money or other property from
the victim's person, with intent to permanently or temporarily
deprive the victim or the owner of the money or other property,
when, in the course of the taking, the victim was or became aware of
the taking. In order to satisfy this definition, it is not necessary
to show that:
(a) The offender used
any amount of force beyond that effort necessary to obtain
possession of the money or other property; or
(b) There was any
resistance offered by the victim to the offender or that there was
injury to the victim's person.
(2)(a) If, in the
course of committing a robbery by sudden snatching, the offender
carried a firearm or other deadly weapon, the robbery by sudden
snatching is a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided
in s.
775.082, s. 775.083, or
s. 775.084.
(b) If, in the course
of committing a robbery by sudden snatching, the offender carried no
firearm or other deadly weapon, the robbery by sudden snatching is a
felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082,
s. 775.083, or s.
775.084.
(3)(a) An act shall be
deemed "in the course of committing a robbery by sudden snatching"
if the act occurs in an attempt to commit robbery by sudden
snatching or in fleeing after the attempt or commission.
(b) An act shall be
deemed "in the course of the taking" if the act occurs prior to,
contemporaneous with, or subsequent to the taking of the property
and if such act and the act of taking constitute a continuous series
of acts or events.
History.--s.
1, ch. 99-175.
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