So, you’re unhappy in your Greeley marriage – what do you do? Many people try counseling or a trial separation. Others take the path of divorce in Weld County. And then there is always the mentality that you can commit a serious crime in order to go to prison to escape your significant other. That last one might not be a very popular choice, but it is the option one man recently took. According to the news report, the 70-year-old man walked into a bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. It was also conveyed in the note that the man had a gun. He was able to grab about $3,000 before sitting in the lobby and waiting for a guard, telling him that he was the guy when the guard arrived. When investigating the crime, it was discovered that the man had said he would rather be in jail than be with his wife at home. Looks like he might get his wish, as he pled guilty to Aggravated Robbery and is facing some serious prison time. In Greeley and Weld County, Aggravated Robbery occurs when someone commits a Robbery while armed with a deadly weapon.
Weld County Aggravated Robbery Attorney: What is the Definition of Aggravated Robbery?
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.
In order to fully understand this definition, you have to know how Robbery is defined in Weld, Morgan, and Logan County. Robbery is:
So, in order to be convicted of committing Aggravated Robbery, you must take something valuable from another person using force, threats, or intimidation AND a deadly weapon or something resembling a deadly weapon (even just a verbal acknowledgement).
Johnstown Aggravated Robbery Lawyer: What is the Potential Sentence for an Aggravated Robbery Conviction?
In Greeley, Evans, and Johnstown, Aggravated Robbery is considered a crime of violence and an extraordinary risk crime, both of which are aggravators and add significant time to a potential sentence. Aggravated Robbery is a class 3 felony. Normally, class 3 felonies are punishable by 4 to 12 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. When the extraordinary risk designation is added, the potential punishment becomes 4 to 16 years in DOC. The crime of violence tag changes the range from midpoint to twice the maximum, meaning the man from the story above would be facing a potential 10 to 32 years in the DOC. I hope he receives the break he was looking for.
If you or someone you love has been charged with or arrested for Aggravated Robbery, be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best Greeley criminal defense lawyers from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 today. Together, we can protect your future.
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