Chapter 10 – Violent Crimes (Crimes Against the Person)

“Robbery” – stavos – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“From the face of the [robbery] statute it is clear that the [Alaska] legislature, in passing this robbery statute, intended to emphasize the fact that robbery is a crime against the person and deemphasize the theft aspects of the offense.”

Nell v. State, 642 P.2d 1361, 1366 (Alaska App. 1982).