Sec. 53a-134. Robbery in the first degree: Class B felony.
Sec. 53a-134. Robbery in the first degree: Class B felony. (a) A person is guilty
of robbery in the first degree when, in the course of the commission of the crime of
robbery as defined in section 53a-133 or of immediate flight therefrom, he or another
participant in the crime: (1) Causes serious physical injury to any person who is not a
participant in the crime; or (2) is armed with a deadly weapon; or (3) uses or threatens
the use of a dangerous instrument; or (4) displays or threatens the use of what he represents by his words or conduct to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or
other firearm, except that in any prosecution under this subdivision, it is an affirmative
defense that such pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or other firearm was not
a weapon from which a shot could be discharged. Nothing contained in this subdivision
shall constitute a defense to a prosecution for, or preclude a conviction of, robbery in
the second degree, robbery in the third degree or any other crime.
(b) Robbery in the first degree is a class B felony provided any person found guilty
under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of
which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 136; P.A. 75-411, S. 1; P.A. 80-442, S. 22, 28; P.A. 92-260, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 75-411 removed reference to dangerous instruments in Subsec. (a)(2) and added Subdivs. (3) and (4);
P.A. 80-442 added proviso in Subsec. (b) specifying that five years of sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced,
effective July 1, 1981; P.A. 92-260 amended Subsec. (a) to specify that "the crime" is "the crime of robbery as defined in
section 53a-133".
See also annotations to Part V.
Cited. 172 C. 74. Cited. 175 C. 569. Cited. 182 C. 511. Cited. 185 C. 473. Cited. 186 C. 179; Id., 555 (Diss. Op.). Cited.
190 C. 822. Cited. 196 C. 305; Id., 309; Id., 430. Cited. 199 C. 47; Id., 207; Id., 273; Id., 377; Id., 591. Cited. 200 C. 310;
Id., 465. Cited. 201 C. 34. Cited. 202 C. 39; Id., 86. Cited. 203 C. 494. Cited. 204 C. 52; Id., 240. Cited. 212 C. 31. Cited.
214 C. 454. Cited. 218 C. 479. Cited. 230 C. 109. Cited. 231 C. 43. Cited. 236 C. 112. Cited. 241 C. 413. Cited. 242 C.
125; Id., 648.
Cited. 8 CA 545. Cited. 9 CA 373. Cited. 10 CA 659. Cited. 11 CA 699; Id., 709. Cited. 12 CA 268; Id., 655. Cited.
13 CA 133; Id., 708. Cited. 14 CA 472. Cited. 15 CA 34; Id., 197. Cited. 19 CA 423. Cited. 20 CA 521. Cited. 22 CA 216.
Cited. 28 CA 581; judgment reversed, see 226 C. 601. Cited. 32 CA 38. Cited. 35 CA 201; Id., 839. Cited. 36 CA 59; Id.,
448; judgment reversed, see 236 C. 342. Cited. 38 CA 20; Id., 581; Id., 868. Cited. 39 CA 45. Cited. 40 CA 250. Cited.
41 CA 147. Cited. 43 CA 61; Id., 801. Cited. 45 CA 32. Cited. 46 CA 684; Id., 691. Court cannot properly instruct jury
of elements of section without first instructing jury of elements of Sec. 53a-133. 51 CA 541. Sufficiency of evidence to
convict defendant as a principal in robbery. Id. Jury was within its right to conclude that defendant, armed with dangerous
instrument, entered apartment unlawfully with intent to commit a robbery, but once inside, did not do anything which
constituted a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in a robbery or that he abandoned his attempt.
87 CA 251.
Subsec. (a):
Subdiv. (2): "Miranda" warning not a ritualistic formula and words which convey its substance are sufficient. 167 C.
309. Cited. 169 C. 242. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 683; 170 C. 332. Subdiv. (2): Participation of two persons not necessary, so
Wharton's rule is inapplicable. 171 C. 105. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 395; Id., 610; 172 C. 22; Id., 586. Subdiv. (1) cited. 174
C. 16. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 129; Id., 142. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 452; 175 C. 250. Subdiv. (2): Requirement of weapon's
operability is imposed by section 53a-3(6). Id., 569. Subdiv. (4): Essential element of subsection is defendant's representation of having a firearm, not the firearm's operability. Affirmative defense of inoperability does not violate due process.
Id. Subdiv. (4) cited. 176 C. 239; Id., 367. Subdiv. (2) cited. 177 C. 335; Id., 370; Id., 379; Id., 637. Subdiv. (1) cited. 178
C. 116. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 287. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 427. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 564; Id., 634; Id., 689; 179 C. 46; Id.,
576; 180 C. 557. Subdiv. (1): A lesser included offense of felony murder. Id., 599. Subdiv. (2) cited. 181 C. 237; Id., 388.
Subdiv. (4) cited. 181 C. 237. Cited. Id., 426. Subdiv. (2) cited. 182 C. 262; Id., 366. Cited. Id., 430. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id.,
449. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 533. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 595; 183 C. 280; 185 C. 163. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id.; Id., 260; Id., 402.
Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 607. Subdiv. (1) cited. 186 C. 1. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 222. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 261; Id., 426.
Subdiv. (3) cited. 187 C. 681. Subdiv. (2) cited. 188 C. 372. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 406. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 432; Id., 515.
Subdiv. (3) cited. 189 C. 114; Id., 183. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 268; Id., 337; Id., 429; 191 C. 564; Id., 670; 192 C. 618.
Subdiv. (3) cited. 193 C. 48. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 238. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 457. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 526. Subdiv. (2)
cited. Id., 602. Subdiv. (3) cited. 194 C. 89. Subdiv. (4) cited. 195 C. 183. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 326. Subdiv. (4) cited.
Id., 444; Id., 552. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 567; 196 C. 36; Id., 115; Id., 122; Id., 157. Subdiv. (4): Essential element is the
representation by a defendant that he has a firearm, not the specific identifying characteristic of the weapon alleged in the
information. Id., 395. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 567; Id., 685. Subdiv. (2) cited. 197 C. 106. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 115. Subdiv.
(2) cited. Id., 413. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 629; 198 C. 68. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 203. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 285. Cited. Id.,
314. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 328; Id., 490. Subdiv. (3) cited. 198 C. 592; Id., 680. Subdiv. (4) cited. 199 C. 5. Subdiv. (3)
cited. Id., 62; Id., 146. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 255. Cited. Id., 473. Subdiv. (3) cited. 200 C. 9. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 44; Id.,
350; Id., 523. Subdiv. (3) cited. 201 C. 289. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 333; 202 C. 1. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 259; Id., 349. Cited.
203 C. 81. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 159. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 445. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 506. Subdiv.
(4) cited. 204 C. 330. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 377; 205 C. 673. Subdiv. (4) cited. 206 C. 40; Id., 621; Id., 657. Subdiv. (2)
cited. 207 C. 152. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 323. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 619; 208 C. 38. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 202. Subdiv. (3)
cited. Id., 365; 209 C. 416. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 458. Subdiv. (3) cited. 210 C. 199; 211 C. 18; Id., 398. Subdiv. (4) cited.
212 C. 6; Id., 387. Subdiv. (3) cited. 213 C. 422. Subdiv. (1) cited. 214 C. 38. Subdiv. (4): Judgment of appellate court in
State v. Horne, 19 CA 111, reversed. 215 C. 538. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 695. Subdiv. (2) cited. 216 C. 282. Subdiv. (1)
cited. Id., 367. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 801; 217 C. 419. Subdiv. (1) cited. 218 C. 85. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 151. Subdiv. (3)
cited. Id., 432. Subdiv. (4) cited. 219 C. 93. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 269. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id.; Id., 489. Subdiv. (2) cited.
220 C. 385; Id., 652. Subdiv. (4) cited. 221 C. 447. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 643. Subdiv. (1) cited. 222 C. 117. Subdiv. (2)
cited. 223 C. 243. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 299; Id., 595. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id.,
635; 224 C. 711. Subdiv. (2) cited. 225 C. 270; 226 C. 601. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id.; 227 C. 363. Subdiv. (2) cited. 228 C.
234; Id., 384; 230 C. 351. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 686. Subdiv. (4) cited. 232 C. 455; Id., 691. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 707.
Subdiv. (2) cited. 233 C. 44. Subdiv. (4) cited. 235 C. 67; Id., 402; Id., 748. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 802; Subdiv. (4) cited.
236 C. 342. Subdiv. (3) cited. 238 C. 784. Subdiv. (2) cited. 239 C. 235. Subdiv. (3) cited. 240 C. 317. Subdiv. (2) cited.
241 C. 1. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 165. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 322. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id.; 242 C. 93. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 296.
Subdiv. (2) cited. 247 C. 662.
Subdiv. (3) cited. 1 CA 584; Id., 642. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 697. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id. Subdiv. (4) cited. 2 CA 127.
Subdiv. (2) cited. 6 CA 247. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 697. Subdiv. (2) cited. 7 CA 1. Subdiv. (3). cited. Id., 27. Subdiv. (2)
cited. Id., 95. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 149. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 217. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 445. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id. Subdiv.
(4) cited. Id., 503; Id., 528; Id., 715; Id., 726. Subdiv. (2) cited. 8 CA 119. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 399; Id., 454. Subdiv. (2)
cited. Id., 467. Cited. Id., 491. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 566. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 667; 9 CA 79. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 275;
Id., 313. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 548. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 587. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 648. Subdiv. (3) cited. 10 CA 50.
Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 103. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 330. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 404; Id., 474; Id., 624; Id., 643. Subdiv. (2)
cited. 11 CA 80. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 397; 12 CA 163; Id., 217. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 662. Subdiv.
(2) cited. 13 CA 76. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 554. Subdiv. (2) cited. 14 CA 67. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 108; Id., 463. Subdiv.
(3) cited. Id., 493; Id., 657. Subdiv. (4) cited. 15 CA 161. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 416. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 502. Subdiv.
(2) cited. Id., 539. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 586. Subdiv. (2) cited. 16 CA 38. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 206.
Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 284; Id., 390. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 402; 17 CA 50. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 359. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id.,
490. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 648. Subdiv. (4) cited. 19 CA 111; judgment reversed, see 215 C. 53; Id., 179; Id., 554; Id.,
695. Subdiv. (1) cited. 20 CA 27. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Cited. Id., 212; Id., 467. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 513. Cited. Id., 643.
Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 665. Subdiv. (3) cited. 21 CA 48. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 244. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 299. Subdiv. (3)
cited. Id. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (3) cited. 22 CA 98. Cited. Id., 329. Subdiv. (2) cited. 24 CA 27; judgment reversed,
see 220 C. 652. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 152. Cited. Id., 316. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 518; Id., 729. Subdiv. (2) cited. 25 CA
104. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 255; Id., 565; Id., 646; 26 CA 114. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 242. Subdiv. (3) cited. 27 CA 601.
Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 654; 28 CA 64. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id.; Id., 161. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 402. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 444.
Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 474. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 612. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 645. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 721. Subdiv. (4)
cited. 29 CA 207; Id., 274; Id., 421. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 679. Subdiv. (2) cited. 30 CA 68; 31 CA 614. Cited. Id., 614.
Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 660. Subdiv. (4) cited. 32 CA 21. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 193. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 476. Subdiv. (3)
cited. 33 CA 143; Id., 184; Id., 288. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 311; Id., 457; Id., 468. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Subdiv. (3) cited.
Id., 849. Subdiv. (2) cited. 34 CA 223. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 261; Id., 610; 35 CA 279; Id., 699. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 740.
Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 781. Subdiv. (3): Robbery in the second degree pursuant to Sec. 53a-135(a)(1) is not a lesser included
offense of robbery in the first degree pursuant to this section. Id., 839. Subdiv. (4) cited. 36 CA 401. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id.,
556. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 718. Cited. Id., 831. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Subdiv. (4) cited. 37 CA 35; Id., 219. Subdiv. (3)
cited. Id., 482. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 589; Id., 619. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 672. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id.,
733. Subdiv. (4) cited. 39 CA 63. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 82. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 384. Subdiv. (4)
cited. Id.; Id., 478; Id., 502. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 579. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 617. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 840; 40 CA 21;
Id., 328. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 526. Subdiv. (4) cited. 41 CA 47. Subdiv. (3) cited. Id., 391. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id., 515.
Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 695. Subdiv. (2) cited. 42 CA 472. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 669; Id., 810; 43 CA 142. Subdiv. (1) cited.
44 CA 26. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 280. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 476. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id., 561. Subdiv. (3) cited. 45 CA 6;
Id., 270; Id., 390. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. Subdiv. (1) cited. Id., 658. Subdiv. (2) cited. Id. Subdiv. (4) cited. Id. A showing
that victim had custody or control over appropriated property is sufficient to support a charge of larceny. 49 CA 486.
Testimony of sole witness sufficient to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Id. Subdiv. (3) requires that evidence show
either actual use of a dangerous instrument or its threatened use, demonstrated by either an actual display or words combined
with an overt display of the threatened instrument. 71 CA 585. Court's failure to instruct jury on the affirmative defense
of inoperability of gun involved in the incident at issue, as provided for in text of the statute relative to charge of robbery
in the first degree, constituted plain error and violated defendant's constitutional right to fair trial. Id., 865. Subdiv. (3)
requires use or threatened use of a dangerous instrument. 81 CA 367. Evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction under
Subdiv. (4). 83 CA 489. Subdiv. (4): There is no statutory monetary value of stolen property included as element of robbery
in the first degree. 86 CA 507. Trial court did not err in permitting state to file an amended information charging defendant
with robbery in the second degree in violation of Sec. 53a-135(a)(2) after trial had commenced in matter where defendant
had originally been charged with robbery in the first degree in violation of Sec. 53a-134(a)(2)(3) and (4), because amended
information charged lesser included offenses included within offenses that were charged in the original information, no
due process violation arose. 87 CA 750. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt does not mean proof beyond all possible doubt;
while every element must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt in order to find defendant guilty of the charged offense,
each of the basic and inferred facts underlying the conclusion need not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. 93 CA 257.
Subdiv. (4): Defendant's statement to victim that she "wouldn't get hurt" if she did what she was told to do, combined
with victim's testimony that defendant was holding something under his jacket and pointing it in her direction, provided
sufficient evidence to support defendant's conviction of robbery in the first degree. Id., 650.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 182 C. 595. Cited. 207 C. 412.