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Iowa Code § 711.3 (2026)
Robbery in the second degree
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All robbery which is not robbery in the first degree is robbery in the second degree. Robbery in the second degree is a class “C” felony. [C51, §2580; R60, §4203; C73, §3860; C97, §4755; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13040; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §711.3] 2016 Acts, ch 1104, §3; 2019 Acts, ch 140, §3 Referred to in §711.3B, 802.2G, 902.12 Definition of forcible felony, §702.11
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Cited in 102
cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1951–2025 · leading case: State v. Lyle, 854 N.W.2d 378 (Iowa 2014).
State v. Lyle, 854 N.W.2d 378 (Iowa 2014). “§ 711.3 (“Robbery in the second degree is a class ‘C’ felony.”
State of Iowa v. Dalevonte Davelle Hearn, 797 N.W.2d 577 (Iowa 2011). “Hearn was convicted after a bench trial of second-degree robbery in violation of Iowa Code section 711.3 (2009), second-degree theft in violation of Iowa Code section 714.”
State of Iowa v. Marvis Latrell Jackson, 878 N.W.2d 422 (Iowa 2016). “See Iowa Code section 711.3 (2011). Jackson pled not guilty on both counts and filed a motion to suppress all evidence obtained as a result of the search of his backpack.”
State of Iowa v. Andre Letroy Antwan Harrington, 893 N.W.2d 36 (Iowa 2017). “§ 711.3 (“All robbery which is not robbery in the first degree is robbery in the second degree.”
State of Iowa v. K'Von James Henderson, 908 N.W.2d 868 (Iowa 2018). “2 and remand for entry of judgment and sentencing for robbery in the second degree under section 711.3. We hold that the defendant's conviction under an aiding and abetting theory required the State to prove the defendant not only participated in or encouraged the crime, but…”
State v. Ceaser, 585 N.W.2d 192 (Iowa 1998). “§ 711.3. The forcible felonies not within the two subclasses identified above comprise a third subclass.”
In the Interest of Rousselow, 341 N.W.2d 760 (Iowa 1983). “A petition was filed on June 15, 1982, in juvenile court alleging that Marvin Rousselow was a delinquent child because he had committed second-degree robbery in violation of Iowa Code section 711.3 (1981). Rousselow was approximately seventeen years and two months old at the…”
State v. Holmes, 276 N.W.2d 823 (Iowa 1979). “Defendant Ronald Holmes appeals his conviction and sentence for robbery in the second degree in violation of § 711.3, Supplement to the Code 1977. He claims trial court erred in instructing the jury and in overruling his motions to dismiss.”
State of Iowa v. Khasif Rasheed White, 903 N.W.2d 331 (Iowa 2017). “See Iowa Code § 711.3 ; id. §§ 902.9(4), .12(5) (2009).”
State v. Matlock, 304 N.W.2d 226 (Iowa 1981). “Defendant Ronnie Kay Matlock was convicted after trial to the court of second-degree robbery in violation of section 711.3, Code Supp.1977. His sentence included a mandatory minimum term of confinement.”
State v. Rich, 305 N.W.2d 739 (Iowa 1981). “4(1), The Code 1979; and (3) robbery in the second degree in violation of section 711.3, The Code 1979. Defendant appeals from his convictions of first-degree kidnapping and second-degree robbery.”
State v. Woody, 613 N.W.2d 215 (Iowa 2000). “See Iowa Code §§ 711.3 , 902.9(3). The habitual offender enhancement provision carries a fifteen-year prison term, with a requirement that the defendant serve a minimum of three years.”
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