1863

A person is guilty of robbery in the second degree when he forcibly steals property and when:\n(1) He is aided by another person actually present; or\n(2) In the course of the commission of the crime or of immediate flight therefrom, he or another participant in the crime causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime. Whoever is convicted under this section shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years and if the conviction is a second or subsequent conviction under this chapter, then not less than 2 years. Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 5, chapters 313, 405 and 407, Virgin Islands Code, or any other provision of law, no portion of the minimum period of imprisonment established by this section shall be suspended, and no person convicted under this section which conviction is a second or subsequent conviction under this chapter shall be placed on probation or be eligible for parole until he shall have been imprisoned for at least 2 years.