CODE OF VIRGINIA

ROBBERY; PENALTIES (§ 18.2-58)

A. For the purposes of this section, “serious bodily injury” means
the same as that term is defined in § 18.2-51.4.

B. Any person who commits robbery is guilty of a felony and shall be punished as
follows:

   1. Any person who commits robbery and causes serious bodily injury to or the
   death of any other person is guilty of a Class 2 felony.

   2. Any person who commits robbery by using or displaying a firearm, as defined
   in § 18.2-308.2:2, in a threatening manner is guilty of a Class 3 felony.

   3. Any person who commits robbery by using physical force not resulting in
   serious bodily injury or by using or displaying a deadly weapon other than a
   firearm in a threatening manner is guilty of a Class 5 felony.

   4. Any person who commits robbery by using threat or intimidation or any other
   means not involving a deadly weapon is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-91; 1960, c. 358; 1966, c. 361; 1975, cc. 14, 15,
605; 1978, c. 608; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 534.