An allegation of Robbery can have a devastating effect on your reputation, your livelihood and overall well being.  It is crucial that a Robbery case be handled with extreme care and caution by an experienced Robbery Defense Lawyer.  We are former prosecutors and have handled numerous Robbery cases in Broward and Palm Beach.  Each Robbery case needs to be examined to determine if it can be dismissed and removed from your record.  If your case gets dismissed, dropped or a jury finds you not guilty the courts in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami-Dade may seal or expunge your Robbery case and earlier arrest.

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The Robbery Attorneys at Leifert & Leifert will look for ways to achieve dismissal of your Robbery charges or seek alternative resolutions that will look towards the possibility of dismissal and records expungement or sealing.  Our Criminal Defense Lawyers are routinely in Robbery (Felony) court in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade. 

Florida Statutes section 812.13 - Robbery

(1) "Robbery" means the taking of money or other property which may be the subject of larceny from the person or custody of another, with intent to either permanently or temporarily deprive the person or the owner of the money or other property, when in the course of the taking there is the use of force, violence, assault, or putting in fear.

(2)(a) If in the course of committing the robbery the offender carried a firearm or other deadly weapon, then the robbery is a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life imprisonment.

(b) If in the course of committing the robbery the offender carried a weapon, then the robbery is a felony of the first degree.

(c) If in the course of committing the robbery the offender carried no firearm, deadly weapon, or other weapon, then the robbery is a felony of the second degree.

Florida Statutes section 812.131  - Robbery by sudden snatching

(1) "Robbery by sudden snatching" means the taking of money or other property from the victim's person, with intent to permanently or temporarily deprive the victim or the owner of the money or other property, when, in the course of the taking, the victim was or became aware of the taking. In order to satisfy this definition, it is not necessary to show that:

(a) The offender used any amount of force beyond that effort necessary to obtain possession of the money or other property; or

(b) There was any resistance offered by the victim to the offender or that there was injury to the victim's person.

(2)(a) If, in the course of committing a robbery by sudden snatching, the offender carried a firearm or other deadly weapon, the robbery by sudden snatching is a felony of the second degree.

(b) If, in the course of committing a robbery by sudden snatching, the offender carried no firearm or other deadly weapon, the robbery by sudden snatching is a felony of the third degree.