Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

what can you get charged with an a attempted robbery charge and no priors?


Asked on 1/15/12, 1:08 pm

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Cynthia Henley Cynthia Henley, Lawyer

Robbery (not aggravated robbery) is a 2nd degree felony. (Aggravated robbery is a first degree felony.) To charge a person with "attempted" anything takes it down one degree so attempted robbery would be a 3rd degree felony carrying from 2 to 10 years in prison (and the possibility of deferred or probation.)

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Answered on 1/17/12, 3:09 pm


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