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Originally posted by Melusine:
Maybe I misunderstand but isn't that sort of logical? If the gun was concealed and he didn't use it during the robbery, then it *wasn't* armed robbery was it? I mean, if you punch someone in the face and/or get into a fistfight while you are carrying a knife in your pocket (which you don't use during the fight, of course), you wouldn't get charged with "armed assault" or anything like that, correct? In that case I don't see why he should be charged with armed robbery, although I have no idea how anyone would intend to rob a bank unarmed... [img]graemlins/1ponder.gif[/img]
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I don't think it was necessarily 'concealed'. If it were visible to those being robbed, they may not be sure he won't pull it. No I'm sorry, you don't pack iron unless you intend to use it. BTW the 9th circus court is noted for some real winners in the past. They get a lot of them (cases) overturned.