The fear of force which constitutes an element of the offense of robbery may be either:

(1) The fear of an injury, immediate or future, to the person or property of the person robbed, or of any relative or family member of the person robbed; or

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 22-30-3

(2) The fear of an immediate injury to the person or property of anyone in the company of the person robbed at the time of the robbery.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.2602; SL 1976, ch 158, § 30-2; SL 2005, ch 120, § 26.