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2. Battery (crime) - Wikipedia

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   Aggravated battery generally is seen as a serious offense of felony grade. Aggravated battery charges may occur when a battery causes serious bodily injury or permanent disfigurement. As a successor to the common law crime of mayhem, this is sometimes subsumed in the definition of assault.

3. Assault - Wikipedia

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   Aggravated assault involves more serious actions, such as an assault that is committed with the intent to cause a serious bodily injury, or an assault that is committed with a deadly weapon such as a firearm. Aggravated assault is typically classified as a felony offense. Modern American statutes may define assault as including:

4. Non-fatal offences against the person in English law - Wikipedia

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   There also exist alternative forms of aggravated assault in English law, for example: assault or battery with intent to resist arrest (as above, the arrest must be lawful); and assault on, resistance to, and obstruction of constables. [55] Under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, it is also possible to commit a racially aggravated assault. This ...

5. After two brutal attacks, these Topekans question why police ...

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   A sexual assault happened near Topeka's Shunga Trail and a separate beating hospitalized a woman, but the public wasn't alerted to any danger. ... Aggravated battery involves the use of a weapon ...

6. Criminal law of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Battery is aggravated when using a weapon or dangerous object, when it results in disfigurement or serious physical injury. Assault and battery are classified as aggravated when directed towards a person with special status such as a law enforcement officer or elderly person. Assault becomes aggravated given the intention to murder or rape.

7. What is aggravated sexual battery? What to know about ... - AOL

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   Those added factors are what can escalate a charge from misdemeanor sexual battery to felony aggravated sexual battery. Aggravated sexual battery is a level 5 felony, which is a very serious ...

8. Laken Riley murder suspect seen with multiple scratches day ...

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   Additional charges in the 10-count indictment include aggravated battery, kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault with intent to rape, obstructing or hindering a person making an ...

9. Offence against the person - Wikipedia

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   And it is then possible to consider degrees and aggravations, and distinguish between intentional actions (e.g., assault) and criminal negligence (e.g., criminal endangerment). Offences against the person are usually taken to comprise: Fatal offences Murder; Manslaughter; Non-fatal non-sexual offences Assault, or common assault; Battery, or ...