A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure that value is not an essential element for a conviction of attempted robbery with a DANGEROUS weapon, as recommended by the north carolina courts commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑87 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"§ 14‑87.  Robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons.
(a)	Any person or persons who, having in possession or with the use or threatened use of any firearms or other dangerous weapon, implement or means, whereby the life of a person is endangered or threatened, unlawfully takes or attempts to take personal property from another or from any place of business, residence or banking institution or any other place where there is a person or persons in attendance, at any time, either day or night, or who aids or abets any such person or persons in the commission of such crime, shall be guilty of a Class D felony.
(a1)	Evidence that the personal property of another was taken will not preclude conviction under subsection (a) of this section.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.