2011 Connecticut Code
Title 53a Penal Code
Chapter 952 Penal Code: Offenses
Sec. 53a-135. Robbery in the second degree: Class C felony.

      Sec. 53a-135. Robbery in the second degree: Class C felony. (a) A person is guilty of robbery in the second degree when he commits robbery as defined in section 53a-133 and (1) he is aided by another person actually present; or (2) in the course of the commission of the crime or of immediate flight therefrom he or another participant in the crime displays or threatens the use of what he represents by his words or conduct to be a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument.

      (b) Robbery in the second degree is a class C felony.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 137; P.A. 75-411, S. 2; P.A. 92-260, S. 59.)

      History: P.A. 75-411 clarified Subsec. (a)(2), including references to display of weapon and to actions in course of commission of crime or in course of immediate flight from commission of crime; P.A. 92-260 amended Subsec. (a) to add "as defined in section 53a-133".

      Cited. 171 C. 47; Id., 105. Cited. 174 C. 142. Cited. 176 C. 270. Cited. 178 C. 287. Cited. 179 C. 576. Cited. 182 C. 207. Cited. 183 C. 156. Cited. 185 C. 260. Cited. 191 C. 506. Cited. 197 C. 309. Cited. 198 C. 158. Cited. 201 C. 125; Id., 489. Cited. 202 C. 224. Cited. 203 C. 506. Cited. 204 C. 630. Cited. 210 C. 435. Cited. 224 C. 445. Cited. 235 C. 469.

      Cited. 2 CA 11. Cited. 12 CA 375. Cited. 13 CA 420. Cited. 14 CA 159; Id., 205. Cited. 36 CA 401. Cited. 37 CA 35. Cited. 39 CA 384. Cited. 43 CA 801.

      Subsec. (a):

      Subdiv. (2) cited. 169 C. 161; 173 C. 545; 176 C. 227; Id., 367. Subdiv. (1) cited. 179 C. 98. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 381. Subdiv. (1) cited. 182 C. 476. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 533; 184 C. 366; 187 C. 602. Cited. 190 C. 327. Subdiv. (1) cited. 194 C. 241. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 297. Subdiv. (1) cited. 197 C. 677; 199 C. 557. Subdiv. (2) cited. 200 C. 350. Cited. 209 C. 143. Subdiv. (1) cited. 211 C. 1; 229 C. 178; 230 C. 608; Id., 686. Subdiv. (2) cited. 235 C. 67; Id., 145. Cited. Id., 502.

      Subdiv. (2) cited. 6 CA 247. Subdiv. (1) cited. 9 CA 656; 10 CA 330. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Subdiv. (1) cited. 12 CA 239; 16 CA 264; Id., 455. Subdiv. (2) cited. 17 CA 247. Subdiv. (1) cited. 25 CA 428; 26 CA 779; 31 CA 47; 33 CA 143. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 184. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 468. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Subdiv. (1): Robbery in second degree pursuant to this section is not a lesser included offense of robbery in the first degree pursuant to Sec. 53a-134(a)(3). 35 CA 839. Subdiv. (1) cited. 36 CA 774; 41 CA 817. Court's failure to instruct jury on the lesser included offense of robbery in the second degree in violation of the statute where there was uncontroverted evidence from two state's witnesses that the gun was inoperable constituted plain error and violated defendant's constitutional right to fair trial. 71 CA 865.