"Forcible felony" defined
Sec. 11. "Forcible felony" means a felony that involves the use or
threat of force against a human being, or in which there is imminent
danger of bodily injury to a human being.
...You have to PROVE IN COURT, that you were in reasonable fear of SERIOUS BODILY INJURY... not a black eye, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY...
No you don't.
The robbery attempt with the verbal threat to hurt him and subsequent charge would have been plenty. No need to also satisfy an imminent danger of bodily injury according to code.
Bad guys - please note: If you're going to hurt someone, hurt them. Talking about hurting them may get you shot quicker.
ETA: Also, since this was my first serious post in this thread...
1. Everyone can benefit from training if they have a teachable attitude.
2. Glad you prevailed, OP, but IMO you have been overly sensitive to anything but praise in the majority of this thread. (Yes, I read it all.)
3. BOOYA!
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