Opinion ID: 1891745
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Heading: Robbery defined. A person is guilty of robbery if, in the course of committing a theft, he:

Text: (2) Threatens another with or purposely puts him in fear of immediate bodily injury; or (3) Commits or threatens immediately to commit any crime of the first or second degree. An act shall be deemed to be included in the phrase in the course of committing a theft if it occurs in an attempt to commit theft or in immediate flight after the attempt or commission. In Carlos, supra, the court observed that the crime of robbery consists of the following elements: (1) theft or attempted theft; (2) intimidating or assaultive conduct consisting of (a) inflicting bodily injury upon another or (b) threatening another with or purposely putting him in fear of immediate bodily injury or (c) committing or threatening immediately to commit any crime of the first or second degree [or (d) using force upon another person]; (3) the intimidating or assaultive conduct must have occurred during the theft or attempted theft or in immediate flight after the theft or attempted theft, and (4) defendant must have acted purposely. Theft is defined, generally, as the unlawful taking or exercise of unlawful control over property of another with purpose to deprive him thereof.... N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3. Attempted theft is defined by combining the foregoing definition of theft with N.J.S.A. 2C:5-1a. It is an abortive effort to perpetrate a theft. [ Carlos, supra, 187 N.J.Super. at 412, 455 A. 2d 89 (footnote and internal citation omitted) ]. A prerequisite for a robbery conviction is a theft or attempted theft. See N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a. One can be found guilty of an attempt to commit a particular crime if acting with the kind of culpability otherwise required for commission of the crime, he: