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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="3-401" title_number="3" title_name="Other Crimes Against the Person" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Robbery">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Deprive” means to withhold property of another:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>permanently;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for a period that results in the appropriation of a part of the property’s value;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>with the purpose to restore it only on payment of a reward or other compensation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>to dispose of the property or use or deal with the property in a manner that makes it unlikely that the owner will recover it.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Obtain” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in relation to property, to bring about a transfer of interest in or possession of the property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in relation to a service, to secure the performance of the service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Property” means anything of value.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Property” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>real estate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>money;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a commercial instrument;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an admission or transportation ticket;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a written instrument representing or embodying rights concerning anything of value, or services, or anything otherwise of value to the owner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a thing growing on, affixed to, or found on land, or that is part of or affixed to any building;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>electricity, gas, and water;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>a bird, animal, or fish that ordinarily is kept in a state of confinement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>food or drink;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>a sample, culture, microorganism, or specimen;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xi">
        <text>a record, recording, document, blueprint, drawing, map, or a whole or partial copy, description, photograph, prototype, or model of any of them;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xii">
        <text>an article, material, device, substance, or a whole or partial copy, description, photograph, prototype, or model of any of them that represents evidence of, reflects, or records a secret:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>scientific, technical, merchandising, production, or management information; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>designed process, procedure, formula, invention, trade secret, or improvement;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="xiii">
        <text>a financial instrument; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="xiv">
        <text>information, electronically produced data, and a computer software or program in a form readable by machine or individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Robbery” retains its judicially determined meaning except that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>robbery includes obtaining the service of another by force or threat of force; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>robbery requires proof of intent to withhold property of another:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>permanently;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for a period that results in the appropriation of a part of the property’s value;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>with the purpose to restore it only on payment of a reward or other compensation; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>to dispose of the property or use or deal with the property in a manner that makes it unlikely that the owner will recover it.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Service” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>labor or professional service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>telecommunication, public utility, toll facility, or transportation service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>lodging, entertainment, or restaurant service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the use of computers, data processing, or other equipment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
