The taking of property from a person or their immediate area by threatening to use or using force. There are three elements to a Robbery:

(1) Theft,

(2) Person and

(3) Force.

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When the offender uses a weapon or threaten to use force but not a gun. In most states in the US, Armed Robbery is not a distinct class of crime. Instead, defendants are charged with Aggravated Robbery.

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A felony crime, which uses or threatens the use of physical force or violence against another person.

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Trial juries decide the facts of a case through a formal trial, and usually consist of six to twelve people all of whom must agree to enter a guilty decision.

Unlike a grand jury, a trial jury usually has no say in what evidence they get to see.

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Use of force against another, resulting in harmful, offensive or sexual contact

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(1) Use of a deadly weapon

(2) Battery in which serious bodily injury occurs.

(3) Battery against a child, elderly person, pregnant woman, or police officer.

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Physically attacking another person which results in serious bodily harm and/or is made with a deadly or dangerous weapon such as a gun, knife, sword, ax or blunt instrument.

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Assault: Threat of violence is enough to constitute assault; no physical contact is necessary. Battery: Physical contact is mandatory

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The taking control over someone Else's property without their consent. Depending on the monetory worth of the property a theft can be treated as a misemeanor (less serious) or a felony (more serious).

The word is also used as an informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as burglary, embezzlement, larceny, looting, robbery, shoplifting, library theft, and fraud.

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The unlawful entry or trespass to a premise for the purpose of committing a theft or felony crime within. A burglary has two elements:

(1) Unlawful Entry and

(2) Theft or Felony

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A grand jury is a group of people that are selected and sworn in by a court. A grand jury helps the prosecutor decide whether to bring criminal charges against a suspect in a crime.

A grand jury typically has twenty-three or more members 12 of whom shall be necessary to constitute a quorum.

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