Definición y tipos de robo en el estado de Washington

Explicación Simple

El robo es cuando alguien toma algo que no le pertenece usando fuerza o amenazando a la persona. Si alguien te quita tu teléfono usando un golpe o asustándote, eso es un robo.

Es como si un compañero de clase te quitara tu almuerzo, no porque lo quiera compartir, sino porque te amenaza con que te lastimará si no se lo das.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan está caminando por el parque y un hombre se le acerca con un cuchillo. El hombre le dice que le entregue su mochila o lo lastimará. Juan, asustado, le da la mochila. Esto es un robo.

Penalidades

El robo en primer grado es un delito grave de clase A, mientras que el robo en segundo grado es un delito menor de clase B.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9A.56.190 - Robbery -- Definition A person commits robbery when he unlawfully takes personal property from the person of another or in his presence against his will by the use or threatened use of immediate force, violence, or fear of injury to that person or his property or the person or property of anyone. Such force or fear must be used to obtain or retain possession of the property, or to prevent or overcome resistance to the taking; in either of which cases the degree of force is immaterial. Such taking constitutes robbery whenever it appears that, although the taking was fully completed without the knowledge of the person from whom taken, such knowledge was prevented by the use of force or fear. RCW 9A.56.200 - Robbery in the first degree (1) A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree if:(a) In the commission of a robbery or of immediate flight therefrom, he or she:(i) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or(ii) Displays what appears to be a firearm or other deadly weapon; or(iii) Inflicts bodily injury; or(b) He or she commits a robbery within and against a financial institution as defined in RCW 7.88.010 or 35.38.060.(2) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony. RCW 9A.56.210 - Robbery in the second degree (1) A person is guilty of robbery in the second degree if he commits robbery.(2) Robbery in the second degree is a class B felony.