Who becomes guilty of robbery?

• A. Someone who steals and immediately before or during the act, puts or seeks to put someone else in fear of being subject to force or actually uses force
• B. Someone who steals and immediately before the act, places someone else in fear but does not use force
• C. Someone who steals and never intends to deprive the owner permanently
• D. Someone who takes property that does not belong to anyone

Answer: (D)

Robbery happens when someone takes property from another person by force or by putting the victim in fear, with the intent to deprive the owner permanently. The key point is that the property must belong to someone else and be taken through force or fear.

The option that says the person takes property that does not belong to them aligns with this requirement: the taker is not the owner of the property, i.e., it belongs to someone else, which is the core element of robbery. The other descriptions miss one of the essential elements—whether the act includes taking property from someone else, or the element of fear/force, or the intent to permanently deprive, or the timing of fear—so they don’t fit robbery as cleanly.