GA Code § 16-8-40 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses|Chapter 8 - Offenses Involving Theft|Article 2 - Robbery|§ 16-8-40. Robbery

  A person commits the offense of robbery when, with intent to commit theft, he takes property of another from the person or the immediate presence of another:   By use of force;   By intimidation, by the use of threat or coercion, or by placing such person in fear of immediate serious bodily injury to himself or to another; or   By sudden snatching.     A person convicted of the offense of robbery shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code section, any person who commits the offense of robbery against a person who is 65 years of age or older shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 20 years.    (Laws 1833, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 791; Code 1863, § 4286; Code 1868, § 4323; Code 1873, § 4389; Code 1882, § 4389; Penal Code 1895, § 151; Ga. L. 1903, p. 43, § 1; Penal Code 1910, § 148; Code 1933, § 26-2501; Ga. L. 1957, p. 261, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-1901, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 900, § 4.)   Law reviews.   - For survey article on criminal law and procedure, see 34 Mercer L. Rev. 89 (1982).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Indictment   Robbery by Force   Included Offenses   Robbery by Snatching   Application   Jury Instructions   Sentence    RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 67 Am. Jur. 2d, Robbery, § 1 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 77 C.J.S., Robbery, § 1 et seq.   ALR.    - Threat to arrest or prosecute and acts in connection therewith as force or putting in fear for purposes of robbery, 27 A.L.R. 1299.    What constitutes attempt to commit robbery, 55 A.L.R. 714.    Offense of larceny, embezzlement, robbery, or assault to commit robbery, as affected by defendant's intention to take or retain money or property in payment of, or as security for, a claim, or to collect a debt, or to recoup gambling losses, 116 A.L.R. 997.   Gambling or lottery paraphernalia as subject of larceny, burglary, or robbery, 51 A.L.R.2d 1396.   Purse snatching as robbery or theft, 42 A.L.R.3d 1381.   What constitutes larceny "from a person,", 74 A.L.R.3d 271.   Retaking of money lost at gambling as robbery or larceny, 77 A.L.R.3d 1363.   Use of force or intimidation in retaining property or in attempting to escape, rather than in taking property, as element of robbery, 93 A.L.R.3d 643.   Pocket or clasp knife as deadly or dangerous weapon for purposes of statute aggravating offenses such as assault, robbery, or homicide, 100 A.L.R.3d 287.   Participation in larceny or theft as precluding conviction for receiving or concealing the stolen property, 29 A.L.R.5th 59.   Robbery: Identification of victim as person named in indictment or information, 4 A.L.R.6th 577.    What is "property of another" within statute proscribing larceny, theft, or embezzlement of property of another, 57 A.L.R. 6th 445.   Construction and application of enhanced sentencing provision of Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C.A. § 924(e) - United States Supreme Court cases, 67 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 1.   "Intimidation" as element of bank robbery under 18 USCA § 2113(a), 163 A.L.R. Fed. 225.