H225 - Attempted Robbery is Lesser Included. (SL 2017-31)

Session Year 2017

Overview: S.L. 2017-31 clarifies that attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon is a lesser included offense of robbery with a dangerous weapon by explicitly stating that if evidence is sufficient to prove robbery with a dangerous weapon, it is also sufficient to support a conviction of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon.

This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

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