Ricardo enters a liquor store one cold winter evening. He approaches the clerk and says, "This is a stick-up
Give me all of your money or you're a dead man!" Ricardo has his hand in his right coat pocket and is using his finger to simulate a gun barrel. The clerk, believing Ricardo to be holding a pistol, says, "Don't shoot. I'm afraid to die. Here's the money." He hands Ricardo $575. Ricardo departs. The most serious offense Ricardo has committed is:
A) felony theft because he did not have a real pistol.
B) aggravated robbery because the clerk perceived he had a deadly weapon.
C) aggravated robbery because he placed the clerk in fear of death.
D) robbery because he threatened the clerk with death in order to obtain the money.
D
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