Degrees of robbery

Robbery, if accomplished by the use of a dangerous weapon, or by the use of a physical object simulating a dangerous weapon, is robbery in the first degree. Robbery, if accomplished in any other manner, is robbery in the second degree. Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2603; SL 2005, ch 120 , § 28; SL 2007, ch 146 , § 1.