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2, 3, or 5 years in prison. If it involves serious bodily injury, 5, 6, 8, 9, or 11 years in prison. If a firearm was used, 12, 13, or 15 years. If the charge involving the firearm had it personally or intentionally firing it with no bodily injury, 22, 23, or 25 years. If a firearm was used and it involved great bodily injury, 27, 28, or 30 ...
The Vermont Statutes Annotated is the official codification of the laws enacted by the General Assembly of the U.S ... Title 4: Judiciary; Title 5: Aeronautics and ...
No defence (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the other person is doing something that they are required or authorized by law to do in the administration or enforcement of the law, unless the person who commits the act that constitutes the offence believes on reasonable grounds that the other person is acting unlawfully. R.S., 1985, c. C-46 ...
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]
Actual bodily harm [42] – the term is not defined in the Crimes Act, but case law indicates actual bodily harm may include injuries such as bruises and scratches, [43] as well as psychological injuries [44] if the injury inflicted is more than merely transient (the injury does not necessarily need to be permanent) [45]
A castle doctrine, also known as a castle law or a defense of habitation law, is a legal doctrine that designates a person's abode or any legally occupied place (for example, an automobile or a home) as a place in which that person has protections and immunities permitting one, in certain circumstances, to use force (up to and including deadly force) to defend oneself against an intruder, free ...
Historically, personal injury lawsuits in tort for monetary damages were virtually nonexistent before the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. [4] [5] In agrarian, pre-industrial societies where most people did not travel far from home during their lifetimes, accidental bodily injuries inflicted by one stranger upon another were quite rare. [5]
The United States Armed Forces defines deadly force as "Force that is likely to cause, or that a person knows or should know would create a substantial risk of causing, death or serious bodily harm or injury.". [4] [1] In the United States, the use of deadly force by sworn law enforcement officers is lawful when the officer reasonably believes ...