PRINTER'S NO. 2002
No. 1572 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MOYER, BARRAR, EVERETT, FLECK, FREEMAN, GEIST, HARHART, HARPER, HENNESSEY, M. KELLER, KORTZ, LEACH, R. MILLER, MILNE, MOUL, MURT, PICKETT, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SCHRODER, SIPTROTH, STERN, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS AND WATSON, JUNE 20, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 20, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the offense of 3 robbery. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 3701 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 3701. Robbery. 9 (a) Offense defined.-- 10 (1) A person is guilty of robbery if, in the course of 11 committing a theft, he: 12 (i) inflicts serious bodily injury upon another; 13 (ii) threatens another with or intentionally puts 14 him in fear of immediate serious bodily injury; 15 (iii) commits or threatens immediately to commit any 16 felony of the first or second degree; 17 (iv) inflicts bodily injury upon another or
1 threatens another with or intentionally puts him in fear 2 of immediate bodily injury; [or] 3 (v) physically takes or removes property from the 4 person of another by force however slight[.]; or 5 (vi) takes or removes the money of a financial 6 institution without the permission of the financial 7 institution by making a demand of an employee of the 8 financial institution orally or in writing with the 9 intent to deprive the financial institution thereof. 10 (2) An act shall be deemed "in the course of committing 11 a theft" if it occurs in an attempt to commit theft or in 12 flight after the attempt or commission. 13 (3) For purposes of this subsection, a "financial 14 institution" means a bank, trust company, savings trust, 15 credit union or similar institution. 16 (b) Grading.--Robbery under subsection (a)(1)(iv) and (vi) 17 is a felony of the second degree; robbery under subsection 18 (a)(1)(v) is a felony of the third degree; otherwise, it is a 19 felony of the first degree. 20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. D13L18MSP/20070H1572B2002 - 2 -