Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-79., defines armed robbery as “feloniously [taking] the personal property of another, “by the exhibition of a deadly weapon” in his presence or from his person and against his will, by violence to his person or by putting such person in fear of some immediate injury to his person . . . .” .
To obtain a conviction for the charge of robbery, the prosecution must show that, 1) That you had a “felonious intent;”; 2) that you used force or putting in fear as a means of effectuating a theft; 3) that a deadly weapon was used and: 4) that you took and carried away someone else’s property from the victim’s person or in the victim’s presence.
The punishment for armed robbery may include a life sentence.
