Assault & Battery

Question 1

Battery

Answer 1

Battery is an unlawful application of force to the person of another
resulting in either bodily injury or an offensive tou

Question 2

Aggravated Battery

Answer 2

Most jurisdictions treat the following as aggravated batteries and
punish them as felonies: (1) battery with a deadly weapon; (2) battery
resulting in serious bodily harm; and (3) battery of a child, woman, or
police officer.

Question 3

Assault

Answer 3

Assault is either:
(1) An attempt to commit a battery or
(2) The intentional creation—other than by mere words—of a reasonable
apprehension in the mind of the victim of imminent bodily harm.commit a battery or
(2) The intentional creation—other than by mere words—of a reasonable
apprehension in the mind of the victim of imminent bodily
harm.

Question 4

Aggravated Assault

Answer 4

ggravated Assault
Aggravated assault is an assault plus one of the following: (1) the use
of a deadly or dangerous weapon, or (2) with the intent to rape, maim,
or murder.