Code of Virginia § 18.2-58. Robbery; penalties.
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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.
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 .