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If it involves serious bodily injury, 6, 7, 9, 10, or 12 years in prison. If a firearm was used, 13, 14, or 16 years. If the charge involving the firearm had it personally or intentionally firing it with no bodily injury, 23, 24, or 26 years in prison. If a firearm was used and it involved great bodily injury, 28, 29, or 31 years to Life in prison.
The Vermont Statutes Annotated is the official codification of the laws enacted by the General Assembly of the U.S. state of Vermont. [1] Vermont Statutes
"Under California law, the elements of the completed crime of making threats with intent to terrorize are: (1) willfully threatening to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person, (2) specific intent that the statement be taken as a threat, (3) the threat was on its face and under the circumstances so unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific as ...
The other eight states [30] have case law/precedent or jury instructions so providing: California, [31] [32] Colorado, [33] [34] Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, [35] Virginia, [36] and Washington; [37] [38] the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands also falls within this category.
Deadly force, also known as lethal force, is the use of force that is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death to another person. In most jurisdictions, the use of deadly force is justified only under conditions of extreme necessity as a last resort, when all lesser means have failed or cannot reasonably be employed.
Serious bodily injury to another commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The term "serious bodily injury" means an injury to another person, which consists of a physical condition that creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal disfigurement, or protracted loss or ...
As a successor to the common law crime of mayhem, this is sometimes subsumed in the definition of assault. In Florida, aggravated battery is the intentional infliction of great bodily harm and is a second-degree felony, [14] whereas battery that unintentionally causes great bodily harm is considered a third-degree felony. [15]
An individual cannot consent to an assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, aggravated assault, or any sexual assault. Consent will also be vitiated if two people consent to fight but serious bodily harm is intended and caused (R v Paice; R v Jobidon). A person cannot consent to serious bodily harm.