Armed robbery; increases penalty.

Armed robbery; penalty. Increases the punishmentfor robbery by the threat or presenting of firearms, or other deadlyweapon or instrumentality whatsoever, by including a mandatory minimumterm of confinement of five years. Under current law, such offenseis punishable by a term of confinement in a state correctional facilityfor life or any term not less than five years, which remains thesame, but current law does not include a mandatory minimum term of confinement.