Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (2026)
Robbery; definition
✓ current as of July 2026
Every person who shall feloniously take the personal property of another, in his presence or from his person and against his will, by violence to his person or by putting such person in fear of some immediate injury to his person, shall be guilty of robbery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4 (55); 1857, ch. 64, art. 220; 1871, § 2674; 1880, § 2944; 1892, § 1284; 1906, § 1361; Hemingway's 1917, § 1097; 1930, § 1126; 1942, § 2362.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 175
cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1975–2026 · leading case: Fulgham v. State, 46 So. 3d 315 (Miss. 2010).
Fulgham v. State, 46 So. 3d 315 (Miss. 2010). “2d at 665 ; Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (Rev.2006). Indeed, were Fulgham charged with robbery alone, the indictment would fall woefully short.”
Batiste v. State, 121 So. 3d 808 (Miss. 2013). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (Rev.2006). We have stated that the elements of robbery are “that the defendant: (1) feloniously took (2) the personal property of another (3) in his presence or from his person and (4) against his will, (5) by violence to his person or by putting such…”
Spann v. State, 771 So. 2d 883 (Miss. 2000). “The original indictment alleged that the underlying felony for the capital murder charge was the crime of robbery, committed in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (1994). The indictment was amended to reflect that the underlying felony was the crime of armed robbery,…”
Goff v. State, 14 So. 3d 625 (Miss. 2009). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 clearly establishes the necessary elements for proof of robbery, including the taking of personal property of another.”
Robert Carson v. State of Mississippi, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016). “did, without authority of law and with or without any design to effect death, kill and murder Jose Gurrola Ortiz, a human being, and while [Carson] was then and there engaged in the commission of the crime of a robbery, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (1972, as…”
Simmons v. State, 805 So. 2d 452 (Miss. 2001). “Simmons argues that the prosecution failed to adduce evidence sufficient to convict him of robbery, as defined in Miss Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (2000). [4] Additionally, Simmons states that the prosecution failed to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Wolfe's murder occurred…”
Downs v. State, 962 So. 2d 1255 (Miss. 2007). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73(Rev.2006). Additionally, robbery is a specific-intent crime, which requires the prosecution to prove that the defendant took the personal property of another with the intent to permanently deprive that person of their property.”
McKee v. State, 791 So. 2d 804 (Miss. 2001). “After all the evidence was presented, the jury found McKee guilty as charged in the indictment of strong arm robbery, in violation of Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (2000). McKee, sentenced as a habitual offender [2] pursuant to Miss.”
Harrell v. State, 134 So. 3d 266 (Miss. 2014). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (Rev.2006). The elements of robbery include “(1) felonious intent, (2) force or putting in fear as a means of effectuating the intent, and (3) by that means taking and carrying away the property of another from his person or in his presence.”
McCain v. State, 81 So. 3d 1055 (Miss. 2012). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (Rev.2006). On writ of certiorari, we address the permissibility, vel non, of a post-conviction amendment of McCain’s indictment to include habitual-offender status.”
Travaris Richard Christian v. State of Mississippi, 207 So. 3d 1207 (Miss. 2016). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-73 (Rev. 2014). By this definition, there are three essential elements of robbery: “(1) felonious intent, (2) force or putting in fear as a means of effectuating the intent, and (3) by that means taking and carrying away the property of another from his…”
Eric Ramone Sharkey v. State of Mississippi, 265 So. 3d 151 (Miss. 2019). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-73 . Sharkey argues that he did not know a robbery was going to occur and points to testimony that the robbery was not discussed in the car before reaching Patterson’s home.”
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