CRJ 301 WEEK 7 Discussion What is the difference between assault and battery While friends were finishing a late night barbeque dinner on the patio of a home, a man wearing a hood and brandishing a gun burst onto the patio and demanded money, threatening to shoot someone if his demand was denied. The robber took off his hood, reached for some barbeque chicken. After eating a few bites he commented the food was very good. The partygoers offered him more food, and he put his gun in his pant- belt. He apologized and told the guests he had come to the wrong house. The robber left with bottle of beer, stealing nothing and hurting no one. Did the robber commit the crime of attempted robbery or robbery? Can he argue successfully that he abandoned his criminal activity before a crime was committed?