North Carolina § 14-87 - Robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons.

§ 14-87. Robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons.

Any person or persons who, having in possession or with the use or threatened use of any firearms or other dangerous weapon, implement or means, whereby the life of a person is endangered or threatened, unlawfully takes or attempts to take personal property from another or from any place of business, residence or banking institution or any other place where there is a person or persons in attendance, at any time, either day or night, or who aids or abets any such person or persons in the commission of such crime, shall be guilty of a Class D felony. Attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon shall constitute a lesser included offense of robbery with a dangerous weapon, and evidence sufficient to prove robbery with a dangerous weapon shall be sufficient to support a conviction of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. , (c) Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 760, s. 5. Repealed by Session Laws 1993, c. 539, s. 1173. History (1929, c. 187, s. 1; 1975, cc. 543, 846; 1977, c. 871, ss. 1, 6; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, ss. 12, 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1173; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2017-31, s. 1.) Cross References. - For structured sentencing provisions, see G.S. 15A-1340.10 et seq. As to facilities and programs for youthful offenders, see G.S. 148-49.10 et seq. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-31, s. 2, made subsection (a1), as added by Session Laws 2017-31, s. 1, which added subsection (a1), effective December 1, 2017, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-31, s. 1, added subsection (a1). For effective date and applicability, see editor's note. Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1979 criminal law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1350 (1980). For note on lesser included offenses, see 2 Campbell L. Rev. 145 (1980). For article on plea bargaining statutes and practices in North Carolina, see 59 N.C.L. Rev. 477 (1981). For survey of 1981 criminal law, see 60 N.C.L. Rev. 1289 (1982). For survey of 1982 law relating to criminal law, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1060 (1983). For survey of 1982 law on criminal procedure, see 61 N.C.L. Rev. 1090 (1983). For article, "Culpability, Dangerousness, and Harm: Balancing the Factors on Which Our Criminal Law Is Predicated," see 66 N.C.L. Rev. 283 (1988). For article, "Apprendi•lakely: A Primer for Practitioners," see 30 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 1 (2007).