This paper explained how the crime of robbery is understood in Panama’s Criminal Law. An analysis was made of the Panamanian criminal theory regarding this crime, as well as an exegetical interpretation of the Panamanian Criminal Code against it. The Panamanian criminal jurisprudence of robbery was also studied. For this, techniques of bibliographic review, review of Panamanian Criminal Law sources and analysis of jurisprudence were used. In it, it was concluded, among others, that theft is the use of violent means to overcome the physical or mental resistance of people in order to seize their things..