context: It is worth noting that a violation of M.G.L.A. 265 SS 19(b) exposes an offender to a potential life sentence. Also, the purpose of both the Massachusetts and Pennsylvania statutes is the same, to protect citizens from serious injury or the threat thereof and to deter violent conduct.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 831 A.2d 666, 666
citation_a.parenthetical: federal offense of armed bank robbery substantially equivalent to Pennsylvania's robbery statute where "The conduct prohibited by both statutes, the resort to such force and intimidation to accomplish the individual's purpose of taking, is the same."
citation_a.sentence: See also Taylor, 831 A.2d at 666 (federal offense of armed bank robbery substantially equivalent to Pennsylvania’s robbery statute where “The conduct prohibited by both statutes, the resort to such force and intimidation to accomplish the individual’s purpose of taking, is the same.”) (citation and footnote omitted).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 856 A.2d 1278, 1278
citation_b.parenthetical: finding New York's and Pennsylvania's robbery statutes substantially equivalent where "a review of the statutes reveals that both offenses prohibit the same conduct, i.e., employing intimidation through threat of bodily harm to facilitate a theft, and both statutes advance the public's interest in protecting citizens from serious injury or the threat thereof'
citation_b.sentence: See Ward, 856 A.2d at 1278 (finding New York’s and Pennsylvania’s robbery statutes substantially equivalent where “a review of the statutes reveals that both offenses prohibit the same conduct, i.e., employing intimidation through threat of bodily harm to facilitate a theft, and both statutes advance the public’s interest in protecting citizens from serious injury or the threat thereof’).