Bill Text: FL H0429 | 2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Robbery by Sudden Snatching
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2-1)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-09 - Died in returning Messages [H0429 Detail]
Download: Florida-2012-H0429-Comm_Sub.html
CS/HB 429 |
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2 | An act relating to robbery by sudden snatching; |
3 | amending s. 812.131, F.S.; clarifying that the offense |
4 | of robbery by sudden snatching includes the taking of |
5 | money or other property from the victim's person or |
6 | from the area within the victim's immediate reach or |
7 | control; providing criminal penalties; providing an |
8 | effective date. |
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10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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12 | Section 1. Section 812.131, Florida Statutes, is amended |
13 | to read: |
14 | 812.131 Robbery by sudden snatching.- |
15 | (1)(a) "Robbery by sudden snatching" means the taking of |
16 | money or other property from the victim's person or from the |
17 | area within the victim's immediate reach or control, with intent |
18 | to permanently or temporarily deprive the victim or the owner of |
19 | the money or other property, when, in the course of the taking, |
20 | the victim was or became aware of the taking. In order to |
21 | satisfy this definition, it is not necessary to show that: |
22 | 1. |
23 | effort necessary to obtain possession of the money or other |
24 | property; or |
25 | 2. |
26 | the offender or that there was injury to the victim's person. |
27 | (b) |
28 | 1. "In the course of committing a robbery by sudden |
29 | snatching" if the act occurs in an attempt to commit robbery by |
30 | sudden snatching or in fleeing after the attempt or commission. |
31 | 2. |
32 | if the act occurs prior to, contemporaneous with, or subsequent |
33 | to the taking of the property and if such act and the act of |
34 | taking constitute a continuous series of acts or events. |
35 | (2) |
36 | snatching, the offender: |
37 | (a) Carried a firearm or other deadly weapon, the offense |
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39 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
40 | (b) |
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42 | weapon, the offense |
43 | the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. |
44 | 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
45 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |
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