Indiana Pattern Jury Instructions – Criminal
CHAPTER 3 OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON (effective for crimes committed July 1, 2014 or after, unless otherwise noted)

Instruction No. 3.5700. Robbery.

I.C. 35-42-5-1.

The crime of robbery is defined by law as follows:

A person who knowingly or intentionally takes property from another person or from the presence of another person [by using or threatening the use of force on any person] [by putting any person in fear] commits robbery, a Level 5 felony.

[The offense is a Level 3 felony if it (is committed while armed with a deadly weapon) (results in bodily injury to any person other than a defendant).] [The offense is a Level 2 felony if it results in serious bodily injury to any person other than a defendant.]

Before you may convict the Defendant, the State must have proved each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

1. The Defendant

2. knowingly or intentionally

3. took property from __________ [name]

[or]

took property from the presence of __________ [name]

4. [by using or threatening the use of force on (name)]

[or]

[by putting (name) in fear]

[5. and

(for Level 3 felony) (when committing the offense Defendant was armed with a deadly weapon)

(or)

(for Level 3 felony) (the commission of the offense resulted in bodily injury to __________ [name person other than Defendant])

(or)

(for Level 2 felony) (the commission of the offense resulted in serious bodily injury to __________ [name person other than Defendant]).]

If the State failed to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you must find the Defendant not guilty of robbery, a Level 5/3/2 felony, charged in Count __________.

 

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