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720 ILCS 5/18-1 (2026)

Robbery; aggravated robbery

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(720 ILCS 5/18-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 18-1)
    Sec. 18-1. Robbery; aggravated robbery.
    (a) Robbery. A person commits robbery when he or she knowingly takes property, except a motor vehicle covered by Section 18-3 or 18-4, from the person or presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.
    (b) Aggravated robbery.
        (1) A person commits aggravated robbery when he or
    
she violates subsection (a) while indicating verbally or by his or her actions to the victim that he or she is presently armed with a firearm or other dangerous weapon, including a knife, club, ax, or bludgeon. This offense shall be applicable even though it is later determined that he or she had no firearm or other dangerous weapon, including a knife, club, ax, or bludgeon, in his or her possession when he or she committed the robbery.
        (2) A person commits aggravated robbery when he or
    
she knowingly takes property from the person or presence of another by delivering (by injection, inhalation, ingestion, transfer of possession, or any other means) to the victim without his or her consent, or by threat or deception, and for other than medical purposes, any controlled substance.
    (c) Sentence.
    Robbery is a Class 2 felony, unless the victim is 60 years of age or over or is a person with a physical disability, or the robbery is committed in a school, day care center, day care home, group day care home, or part day child care facility, or place of worship, in which case robbery is a Class 1 felony. Aggravated robbery is a Class 1 felony.
    (d) Regarding penalties prescribed in subsection (c) for violations committed in a day care center, day care home, group day care home, or part day child care facility, the time of day, time of year, and whether children under 18 years of age were present in the day care center, day care home, group day care home, or part day child care facility are irrelevant.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 341 cases (104 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: People v. Reese, 2017 IL 120011 (Ill. 2017).
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People v. Reese, 2017 IL 120011 (Ill. 2017). · cites it 4× “The amended robbery statute provided that "[a] person commits robbery when he or she takes property, except a motor vehicle covered by Section 18-3 or 18-4 , from the person or presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.”
People v. Cooksey, 723 N.E.2d 784 (Ill. App. Ct. 1999). · cites it 6× “Justice BURKE delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial, defendant Toijuan Cooksey was convicted of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 1996)) and vehicular hijacking (720 ILCS 5/18-3 (West 1996)) and sentenced to concurrent terms of 7 years' and 10 years'…”
People v. Smith, 2019 IL 123901 (Ill. 2019). · cites it 2× “Nevertheless, the use of force was only part of the wrongful conduct of the robbery offense.”
In re N.H., 2016 IL App (1st) 152504 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 3× “See 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2014). The required force or threat of force must either precede or be contemporaneous with the taking of the victim's property.”
Tony Lipscomb v. United States, 928 F.3d 539 (7th Cir. 2019). · cites it 3× “Because each of these cases raises the same question-whether the Illinois statutes prohibiting robbery and armed robbery, 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a), 5/18-2, qualify as crimes of violence for ACCA purposes-we have consolidated them for disposition.”
People v. Clemons, 2012 IL 107821 (Ill. 2012). · cites it 2× “A person commits the offense of armed violence predicated on robbery when, ‘while armed with a dangerous weapon, he commits [robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 2000))].’ 720 ILCS 5/33A-2(a) (West 2000).”
People v. Lucious, 2016 IL App (1st) 141127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 4× “See 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2012). Permitting the trial court to consider codefendant’s statement against defendant ran directly counter to defense counsel’s chosen strategy.”
People v. Johnson, 2015 IL App (1st) 141216 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 7× “” 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2012). “[T]he gist of the offense of robbery is the force or fear of violence directed at the victim in order to deprive him of his property.”
People v. Hauschild, 871 N.E.2d 1 (Ill. 2007). · cites it 2× “A person commits the offense of armed violence predicated on robbery when, "while armed with a dangerous weapon, he commits [robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 2000))]." 720 ILCS 5/33A-2(a) (West 2000).”
People v. Wright, 2017 IL 119561 (Ill. 2017). “For purposes of this statute, a firearm is defined in section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Act), in pertinent part, as "any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion…”
People v. Cornejo, 2020 IL App (1st) 180199 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 3× “Section 18-1(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2014)) provides that “[a] person commits robbery when he or she knowingly takes property *** from the person or presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.”
People v. Lewis, 677 N.E.2d 830 (Ill. 1996). · cites it 3× “Background Defendant, Kelvin Lewis, was charged by information in the circuit court of Cook County with one count of robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 1994)), one count of armed violence predicated on robbery committed with a category I weapon (720 ILCS 5/33A-1 (West 1994)), and…”
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— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) — 221 cases
People v. Smith, 2019 IL 123901 (Ill. 2019). “Nevertheless, the use of force was only part of the wrongful conduct of the robbery offense.”
Tony Lipscomb v. United States, 928 F.3d 539 (7th Cir. 2019). “Because each of these cases raises the same question-whether the Illinois statutes prohibiting robbery and armed robbery, 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a), 5/18-2, qualify as crimes of violence for ACCA purposes-we have consolidated them for disposition.”
People v. Wright, 2017 IL 119561 (Ill. 2017). “For purposes of this statute, a firearm is defined in section 1.1 of the Firearm Owners Identification Card Act (FOID Act), in pertinent part, as "any device, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosion, expansion…”
In re N.H., 2016 IL App (1st) 152504 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2014). The required force or threat of force must either precede or be contemporaneous with the taking of the victim's property.”
People v. Clemons, 2012 IL 107821 (Ill. 2012). “A person commits the offense of armed violence predicated on robbery when, ‘while armed with a dangerous weapon, he commits [robbery (720 ILCS 5/18-1 (West 2000))].’ 720 ILCS 5/33A-2(a) (West 2000).”
— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a)(1) — 2 cases
People v. Baker, 2021 IL App (1st) 171204-U, 2021 IL App (1st) 171204-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
People v. Courney (Ill. App. Ct. 2023).
— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a)(2) — 1 case
People v. Dampier, 2021 IL App (1st) 182404-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2021).
— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a)(2008) — 1 case
Mosley v. Antonelli (S.D. Ill. 2019).
— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(b) — 24 cases
People v. Reese, 2017 IL 120011 (Ill. 2017). “The amended robbery statute provided that "[a] person commits robbery when he or she takes property, except a motor vehicle covered by Section 18-3 or 18-4 , from the person or presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.”
People v. Johnson, 2015 IL App (1st) 141216 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “” 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2012). “[T]he gist of the offense of robbery is the force or fear of violence directed at the victim in order to deprive him of his property.”
People v. Lucious, 2016 IL App (1st) 141127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2012). Permitting the trial court to consider codefendant’s statement against defendant ran directly counter to defense counsel’s chosen strategy.”
People v. Lucious, 2016 IL App (1st) 141127 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016).
People v. Redmond, 828 N.E.2d 1206 (Ill. App. Ct. 2005).
— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(b)(1) — 43 cases
People v. Johnson, 2021 IL 126291 (Ill. 2021).
People v. Dupree, 2018 IL 122307 (Ill. 2018).
People v. Schnoor, 2019 IL App (4th) 170571 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).
People v. Hodge, 2024 IL App (3d) 230543 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
People v. Clifton, 2019 IL App (1st) 151967 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019).
— 720 ILCS 5/18-1(c) — 18 cases
In re N.H., 2016 IL App (1st) 152504 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “See 720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2014). The required force or threat of force must either precede or be contemporaneous with the taking of the victim's property.”
People v. Cornejo, 2020 IL App (1st) 180199 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “Section 18-1(a) of the Criminal Code of 2012 (Code) (720 ILCS 5/18-1(a) (West 2014)) provides that “[a] person commits robbery when he or she knowingly takes property *** from the person or presence of another by the use of force or by threatening the imminent use of force.”
People v. Johnson, 2020 IL App (1st) 171638 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020).
In re Kejuan F, 2022 IL App (1st) 211003-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
In re Keionta F, 2022 IL App (1st) 211004-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2022).
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