Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500 (2026)
Robbery in the first degree
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Sec. 11.41.500. Robbery in the first degree.
(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.41.510 and, in the course of violating that section or in immediate flight thereafter, that person or another participant
(1) is armed with a deadly weapon or represents by words or other conduct that either that person or another participant is so armed;
(2) uses or attempts to use a dangerous instrument or a defensive weapon or represents by words or other conduct that either that person or another participant is armed with a dangerous instrument or a defensive weapon; or
(3) causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to any person.
(b) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony.
(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if the person violates AS 11.41.510 and, in the course of violating that section or in immediate flight thereafter, that person or another participant
(1) is armed with a deadly weapon or represents by words or other conduct that either that person or another participant is so armed;
(2) uses or attempts to use a dangerous instrument or a defensive weapon or represents by words or other conduct that either that person or another participant is armed with a dangerous instrument or a defensive weapon; or
(3) causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to any person.
(b) Robbery in the first degree is a class A felony.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 105
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: Jones v. United States, 526 U.S. 227 (1999).
Jones v. United States, 526 U.S. 227 (1999). “Code § 13A-8-41(a)(2) (1994) (robbery in the first degree defined in part by the causing of "serious physical injury"); *237 Alaska Stat. Ann. § 11.41.500 (a)(3) (1996) (same); Ark.”
Stokeling v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 544 (2019). “Code § 13A-8-41(a)(2) (2015) ; Alaska Stat. §§ 11.41.500 (a)(2)-(3) (2016) ; Ariz.”
Abdulbaqui v. State, 728 P.2d 1211 (Alaska Ct. App. 1986). “Chapin’s final argument is that imposition of sentence under both AS 11.41.500 and AS 12.55.125(c)(2) violates the requirement of due process (right to jury trial) and the prohibition against double jeopardy.”
Lewandowski v. State, 18 P.3d 1220 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001). “For this reason, even if this case is analyzed under the rule adopted in Richards and Parks, Lewandowski's crime did not become a mitigated first-degree robbery just because Lewandowski brought along an extra weapon that did not contribute significantly to the actual risk of…”
Nell v. State, 642 P.2d 1361 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “8 However, unlike *1367 the statutes in those cases, AS 11.41.500 clearly requires proof of specific criminal intent.”
Griffith v. State, 641 P.2d 228 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “Griffith was convicted by a jury of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500. He has appealed that conviction and the resulting sentence.”
State v. Richards, 720 P.2d 47 (Alaska Ct. App. 1986). “Compare AS 11.41.500 (robbery in the first degree) with AS 11.”
Vent v. State, 67 P.3d 661 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “This being so, Judge Esch did not abuse his discretion when he ruled that Leo's proposed testimony on this subject was not admissible under Evidence Rule 702(a).”
Frankson v. State, 645 P.2d 225 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “James Frankson was convicted after a jury trial of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500, 1 and theft in the second degree, *226 AS 11.”
Barrett v. State, 772 P.2d 559 (Alaska Ct. App. 1989). “AS 11.41.500. He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment with five years suspended.”
Minano v. State, 690 P.2d 28 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “After a joint trial, Kenneth Minano and Timothy Lord were convicted of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500, and assault in the second degree, AS 11.”
State v. Minano, 710 P.2d 1013 (Alaska 1985). “PROCEEDINGS Minano and Lord were charged with robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500, 2 and assault in the second degree, AS 11.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500(2)(2) — 1 case
Gibson v. State, 346 P.3d 977 (Alaska Ct. App. 2015).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500(a) — 15 cases
Vent v. State, 67 P.3d 661 (Alaska Ct. App. 2003). “This being so, Judge Esch did not abuse his discretion when he ruled that Leo's proposed testimony on this subject was not admissible under Evidence Rule 702(a).”
Abdulbaqui v. State, 728 P.2d 1211 (Alaska Ct. App. 1986). “Chapin’s final argument is that imposition of sentence under both AS 11.41.500 and AS 12.55.125(c)(2) violates the requirement of due process (right to jury trial) and the prohibition against double jeopardy.”
Vent v. State, 288 P.3d 752 (Alaska Ct. App. 2012).
Todd v. State, 884 P.2d 668 (Alaska Ct. App. 1995).
Minano v. State, 690 P.2d 28 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984). “After a joint trial, Kenneth Minano and Timothy Lord were convicted of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500, and assault in the second degree, AS 11.”
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500(a)(1) — 63 cases
Lewandowski v. State, 18 P.3d 1220 (Alaska Ct. App. 2001). “For this reason, even if this case is analyzed under the rule adopted in Richards and Parks, Lewandowski's crime did not become a mitigated first-degree robbery just because Lewandowski brought along an extra weapon that did not contribute significantly to the actual risk of…”
Nell v. State, 642 P.2d 1361 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “8 However, unlike *1367 the statutes in those cases, AS 11.41.500 clearly requires proof of specific criminal intent.”
Jackson v. State, 695 P.2d 227 (Alaska Ct. App. 1985).
Williamson v. State, 692 P.2d 965 (Alaska Ct. App. 1984).
Burks v. State, 748 P.2d 1178 (Alaska Ct. App. 1988).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500(a)(2) — 3 cases
Abdulbaqui v. State, 728 P.2d 1211 (Alaska Ct. App. 1986). “Chapin’s final argument is that imposition of sentence under both AS 11.41.500 and AS 12.55.125(c)(2) violates the requirement of due process (right to jury trial) and the prohibition against double jeopardy.”
Adam Charles Dere v. State of Alaska, 444 P.3d 204 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019).
Gibson v. State, 346 P.3d 977 (Alaska Ct. App. 2015).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500(a)(3) — 7 cases
Ostlund v. State, 51 P.3d 938 (Alaska Ct. App. 2002).
Smith v. State, 426 P.3d 1162 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018).
Frankson v. State, 645 P.2d 225 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “James Frankson was convicted after a jury trial of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500, 1 and theft in the second degree, *226 AS 11.”
Tallent v. State, 951 P.2d 857 (Alaska Ct. App. 1998).
George v. State, 836 P.2d 960 (Alaska Ct. App. 1992).
— Alaska Stat. § 11.41.500(b) — 19 cases
Haag v. State, 117 P.3d 775 (Alaska Ct. App. 2005).
Hunter v. State, 182 P.3d 1146 (Alaska Ct. App. 2008).
Smith v. State, 711 P.2d 561 (Alaska Ct. App. 1985).
Beauvois v. State, 837 P.2d 1118 (Alaska Ct. App. 1992).
Abdulbaqui v. State, 728 P.2d 1211 (Alaska Ct. App. 1986). “Chapin’s final argument is that imposition of sentence under both AS 11.41.500 and AS 12.55.125(c)(2) violates the requirement of due process (right to jury trial) and the prohibition against double jeopardy.”
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