Arizona Revised Statutes

Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-1903 (2026)

Aggravated robbery; classification

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A. A person commits aggravated robbery if in the course of committing robbery as defined in section 13-1902, such person is aided by one or more accomplices actually present.

B. Aggravated robbery is a class 3 felony.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: State v. Lee, 689 P.2d 153 (Ariz. 1984).
State v. Lee, 689 P.2d 153 (Ariz. 1984). · cites it 8× “GORDON, Vice Chief Justice: For his participation in the robbery of a Village Inn Pizza restaurant in Mesa, Arizona, appellant-respondent Billy Don Lee was convicted on May 11, 1981 of aggravated robbery in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1903(A) and sentenced to twenty years…”
State of Arizona v. Jason Eugene Bush, 423 P.3d 370 (Ariz. 2018). · cites it 4× “§ 13-1904, and aggravated robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1903. ¶8 A jury found Bush guilty on all counts.”
State v. Timmons, 103 P.3d 315 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “A.R.S. § 13-1903(A). [2] The state concedes that, because Timmons admitted only that he had been on probation when he committed the offenses, not that he had a prior conviction, the trial court could only have considered his probation status an aggravating factor under the…”
State v. Herrera, 850 P.2d 100 (Ariz. 1993). · cites it 4× “Aggravated Robbery Conviction Defendant was convicted of aggravated robbery pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-1903, which defines aggravated robbery as "committing robbery as defined in § 13-1902 .”
State v. Avila, 710 P.2d 440 (Ariz. 1985). · cites it 4× “§ 13-1904; aggravated robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1903; and conspiracy to commit armed robbery, A.”
State v. Schurz, 859 P.2d 156 (Ariz. 1993). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 13-1903. One commits attempted aggravated robbery if one, with the requisite intent, and accompanied by an accomplice, takes some step toward accomplishing the robbery.”
State of Arizona v. George Benjamin Larin, 310 P.3d 990 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “…first-degree burglary, dangerousness is not inherent in Larin’s convictions for aggravated robbery and kidnapping. A.R.S. §§ 13-1903, 13-1304.”
State v. Libberton, 685 P.2d 1284 (Ariz. 1984). · cites it 2× “§ 13-1105, aggravated robbery, A.R.S. § 13-1903, kidnapping, A.R.S. § 13-1304, and theft, A.”
State v. Linden, 664 P.2d 673 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 3× “§ 13— 1901(2) only applies to the “in the course of committing” language found only in A.R.S. § 13-1903 and A.R.S. § 13-1904. 1 These statutes set forth additional elements which, if present “in the course of committing” a robbery, are deemed to be of a sufficiently aggravating…”
State v. Martinez, 622 P.2d 3 (Ariz. 1980). · cites it 4× “A.R.S. § 13-1903 defines aggrava *448 ted robbery, a more serious class 3 felony, and armed robbery is defined by A.”
State v. Herrera, Jr., 859 P.2d 131 (Ariz. 1993). · cites it 2× “” A.R.S. § 13-1903. Further, under § 13-303(A)(3), “[a] person is criminally accountable for the conduct of another if the person is an accomplice of such other person in the commission of an offense.”
State v. Russell, 16 P.3d 664 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). “" [46] Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 13-1903 provided that "[a] person commits aggravated robbery," a class 3 felony, "if in the course of committing robbery as defined in § 13-1902, such person is aided by one or more accomplices actually present.”
— Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 13-1903(A) — 12 cases
State v. Lee, 689 P.2d 153 (Ariz. 1984). “GORDON, Vice Chief Justice: For his participation in the robbery of a Village Inn Pizza restaurant in Mesa, Arizona, appellant-respondent Billy Don Lee was convicted on May 11, 1981 of aggravated robbery in violation of A.R.S. § 13-1903(A) and sentenced to twenty years…”
State v. Timmons, 103 P.3d 315 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2005). “A.R.S. § 13-1903(A). [2] The state concedes that, because Timmons admitted only that he had been on probation when he committed the offenses, not that he had a prior conviction, the trial court could only have considered his probation status an aggravating factor under the…”
State v. Malone, 830 P.2d 842 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1991).
State of Arizona v. Arvin Whit Williams, 311 P.3d 1084 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2013).
State v. Lee, 689 P.2d 170 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1983).
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