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Simple Assualt and Battery in New Mexico

In New Mexico, an assault may be committed without actually touching the victim. A battery, however, involves actual physical contact.

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California Assault and Battery Laws

Assault in California is an intentional attempt to physically injure another or a menacing or threatening act or statement that causes the other perso...

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Penalties for Simple Assault in Florida

Assault Can Occur Without Physical Contact. Many people believe that an assault occurs when a person actually hits another person but in reality, ...

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Simple Assault & Battery in Kansas

Assault in Kansas is any intentional act or threat of action, coupled with the apparent ability to carry out the action, that reasonably causes a pers...

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Falsely Accused of Assault: Steps to Protecting Yourself

The legal definition of assault means intentionally making another person feel that they are about to be physically harmed.  No actual physical injur...

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Assault Charge at Work

  While the goal is to be professional and responsible in the workplace, the reality is that a place of employment has the same possibilities for ...

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Aggravated Assault Deadly Weapon

Aggravated Assault is applying intentional force to another person paired with circumstances that elevate the crime to the category of aggravated. T...

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3rd Degree Assault

  Third degree assault is a misdemeanor, defined as knowingly or recklessly causing bodily injury to another person. Pain alone can constitute inj...

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2nd Degree Assault

Second degree assault charges may stem from either causing serious bodily injury or intending to cause serious injury with a deadly weapon. In some ...

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1st Degree Assault

  First degree assault is a serious crime involving infliction of bodily harm on another person. It is the most serious degree of assault charges....

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Homicide and Murder

Even though the country is much safer than in the past decade; the national murder rates are still alarmingly high across the country. A recent rep...

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Felony Violent Crimes

Violent crimes reach the level of felonies when there is significant bodily injury to a person or there is significant damaged done to property to b...

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Assault Charge

Assault is most simply, a sign of intent or attempt of physical violence of which the intended target of the assault is aware. A person who points ...

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Assault Lawyers

In all legal cases, those involved should seek the help of a lawyer no matter what. Just as there are lawyers who specialize in bankruptcy, there ar...

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Aggravated Assault

Aggravated assault, sometimes known as felonious assault, is defined as the unlawful intent or attempt to injure or cause serious bodily harm to anoth...

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Aggravated Battery

Aggravated battery is the act of beating or pounding and using intense force against somebody with serious consequences. It may or may not include...

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Battery

Battery is often used interchangeably with the term assault, although when it comes to charges they are actually two very different issues. Battery ...

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Rape Laws

Rape is a form of sexual assault by a person or persons against another person or person that sexual intercourse and/or sexual penetration without c...

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Murder

In its broadest definition the legal term of murder involves the taking of the life of another person with intent and malice. Murder does not occur ...

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Assault With a Deadly Weapon

Assault with a deadly weapon is a felony offense regardless of the actual injuries caused to the victim. The reason that this type of offense is a fel...

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Domestic Violence

Domestic violence or domestic crimes can include any type of abuse, neglect or violence between two or more individuals that have an intimate relati...

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Violent Offenses

Violent offenses, often also reported as violent crimes, are typically defined as any crime that includes violence as the main target, such as a mur...

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Mayhem

Mayhem is actually a very violent and brutal offense which is classified under the U.S. criminal code for aggravated battery. The definition of mayh...

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