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2025 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 515 - Robbery
515.020 Robbery in the first degree.

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KY Rev Stat § 515.020 (2025)
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515.020 Robbery in the first degree. (1) (2) A person is guilty of robbery in the first degree when, in the course of committing theft, he or she uses or threatens the immediate use of physical force upon another person with intent to accomplish the theft and when he or she: (a) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or (b) Is armed with a deadly weapon; or (c) Uses or threatens the immediate use of a dangerous instrument upon any person who is not a participant in the crime. Robbery in the first degree is a Class B felony, unless the offense occurs during a declared emergency as defined by KRS 39A.020 arising from a natural or manmade disaster, within the area covered by the emergency declaration, and within the area impacted by the disaster, in which case it is a Class A felony. Effective: July 14, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 15, effective July 14, 2022. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 130, effective January 1, 1975.
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