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Mont. Code Ann. § 45-5-401

Robbery

Known as the Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 45–45 (382 sections).

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case United States v. Santiesteban-Hernandez (2006)

Most recently applied in United States v. Tyren Cervenak (April 2025)

En. 94-5-401 by Sec. 1, Ch. 513, L. 1973; amd

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(1) A person commits the offense of robbery if in the course of committing a theft, the person:

(a) inflicts bodily injury upon another;

(b) threatens to inflict bodily injury upon any person or purposely or knowingly puts any person in fear of immediate bodily injury; or

(c) commits or threatens immediately to commit any felony other than theft.

(2) A person convicted of the offense of robbery shall be imprisoned in the state prison for a term of not less than 2 years or more than 40 years and may be fined not more than $50,000, except as provided in 46-18-219 and 46-18-222.

(3) "In the course of committing a theft", as used in this section, includes acts that occur in an attempt to commit or in the commission of theft or in flight after the attempt or commission.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.